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▪ I. concise, a.|kənˈsaɪs|
[ad. L. concīs-us cut up, concise, pa. pple. of concīdĕre to cut up, cut to pieces, f. con- + cædĕre to cut. Cf. F. concis in same sense (16th c. in Littré).]
1. Of speech or writing: Expressed in few words; brief and comprehensive in statement; not diffuse.
c1590Marlowe Faust. i. 110, I that have with concise syllogisms Gravell'd the Pastors of the German Church. 1636B. Jonson Discov. Wks. (Rtldg.) 758/2 The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but leaves somewhat to be understood. 1715Leoni Palladio's Archit. (1742) II. 58 To compile this..Treatise, in the concisest manner possible. 1745De Foe's Eng. Tradesman ii. (1841) I. 13 A tradesman's letters should be plain, concise, and to the purpose. 1828Whately Rhet. in Encycl. Metrop. 242/1 Other arguments may occur to him..more clear or more concise.
b. applied to persons.
1604Drayton Moses ii. (R.), Lest too concise injuriously we wrong Things that such state and fearfulness impart. 1693Shadwell Volunteers iii. i, Pr'ythee why? be concise. 1814Jane Austen Mansf. Park (1851) 177 If he wrote to his father, no wonder he was concise.
c. transf. Occupying little time; brief, direct.
1785Paley Mor. Philos. (1818) II. 401 He who has the benefit of a conciser operation, will soon outvie and under⁓sell a competitor who continues to use a more circuitous labour. 17..Cowper Moralizer Corrected 6 His hours of study clos'd at last, And finish'd his concise repast.
†2. ? Containing much in little space, small and compact. Obs. nonce-use.
1614J. Cooke Tu Quoque in Hazl. Dodsley XI. 234 A pretty concise room; Sir Lionel, where are your daughters?
†3. (See quot.) Obs. [L. concīdĕre to cut down, kill; to beat severely.]
1656Blount Glossogr., Concise, brief, beaten, cut, mangled, or killed.
▪ II. † concise, v. Obs. rare.|kənˈsaɪz|
[f. L. concīs- ppl. stem of concīdĕre to cut up, cut away: see prec.]
trans. To cut off, mutilate. Hence conˈcised ppl. a., conˈcising vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1659Milton Civ. Power Wks. (1847) 416/2 This concising punishment of circumcisers became a penal law therupon among the Visigothes. 1660S. Fisher Rusticks Alarm Wks. (1679) 490 The concised Letter-lauding Jew. |