SYNOPSIS

synopsis. Synopsis, n. a general or short view of all parts

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Syn‐op″sis (?), n.; pl. Synopses (#). [[L., from Gr. �; σύν with, together + � a sight, view, from the root seen in E. optic.]] A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus. That the reader may see in one view the exactness of the method, as well as force of the argument, I shall here draw up a short synopsis of this epistle. Bp. Warburton. Syn. — Abridgment; compendium; epitome; abstract; summary; syllabus; conspectus. See Abridgment.