transitive. To abbreviate, abridge.

To lay hold of all the points of (any thing) and include them within the compass of a description or expression; to embrace or describe…

transitive. To shorten (a text, speech, etc.) whilst retaining the sense and substance; to edit into a shorter form, esp. by omitting the less…

transitive. To make short or shorter; to shorten. To shorten (a discussion, narration, process, etc.); to curtail by omissions, abbreviate; to make…

transitive. To state the main or essential points (of something) in a short or clear form; to summarize or express succinctly; = to sum up 3a at…

transitive. To shorten (a text, speech, etc.) whilst retaining the sense and substance; to edit into a shorter form, esp. by omitting the less…

transitive. To make shorter, to diminish the length of, to abridge, curtail. With reference to compositions, speeches, discussions, etc.

to cut short: (transitive) to shorten by cutting off a part or parts; to abridge, curtail. literal and figurative. (Sometimes to cut shorter.)

As applied to sentences, verses, lines, letters, and the like, the sense leads on to 3.

to knit up. To sum up; to express concisely. Obsolete.

figurative. To gather up the points of (a discourse) in a compact statement by way of conclusion; to sum up. Obsolete.

figurative. To cut short, curtail, diminish.

transitive. To make an epitome of; to abridge.

transitive. To shorten, abbreviate, abridge; also with up. Obsolete.

To abbreviate, abridge, condense; reflexive to speak or write briefly. Obsolete.

To comprise, include; to condense in brief expressions. Obsolete.

transitive. To cut down, shorten, dock, curtail, abridge.

transitive. To state the main or essential points of (something) in a short or clear form; to summarize or express succinctly.

To abridge; spec. to abstract for counsel's instruction, to brief.

transitive. To curtail.

transitive. To epitomize, abridge.

= epitomize, v.

to gather up v. To draw together, bring into smaller compass; to draw up (the limbs or person): in immaterial sense, to sum up, summarize. In…

transitive. To give a summary of (a text, statement, etc.); to state or express (something) briefly or concisely.

transitive. To cut down (a piece of writing, etc.); to prune. Also with down. Now rare.

transitive. To make a précis of (a longer text); to summarize.

To reduce, abridge, retrench, curtail, esp. a speech, expenses, wages. Also intransitive, frequently with on.

to boil away (intr.): to evaporate in boiling. to boil down: to lessen the bulk of (anything) by boiling; figurative to condense, epitomize.

(transitive) to make a synopsis of, to epitomize.

transitive. To compress the essence of (a book) into.

transitive. To give a résumé of; to summarize.

transitive. To make a short copy of.

transitive. To reduce (something) to its essence; to epitomize, to condense.

transitive. To abridge, summarize; to put into potted form. See potted, adj.1 3a.

transitive To produce (a result or outcome). Also: to summarize.

transitive. To compress or condense (information, news, etc.) into a brief and compact form. (Cf. capsule, adj.)

transitive. To give a summary description or make a report of (a body of achievements, a set of salient characteristics, or an organization).