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Preterition :: Preterition (n.) A figure by which, in pretending to pass over anything, a summary mention of it is made; as, I will not say, he is valiant, he is learned, he is just. Called also paraleipsis..

Compend :: Compend (n.) A compendium; an epitome; a summary.

Summary :: Summarize (v. t.) To comprise in, or reduce to, a summary; to present briefly..

Ledger :: Ledger (n.) A book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; the final book of record in business transactions, in which all debits and credits from the journal, etc., are placed under appropriate heads..

Summary :: Summary (a.) Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts..

Comprehension :: Comprehension (n.) That which is comprehended or inclosed within narrow limits; a summary; an epitome.

Recapitulation :: Recapitulation (n.) The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or statements, in a preceding discourse, argument, or essay..

Recapitulate :: Recapitulate (v. t.) To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate in brief; to summarize..

Epitome :: Epitome (n.) A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement.

Yearbook :: Yearbook (n.) A book published yearly; any annual report or summary of the statistics or facts of a year, designed to be used as a reference book; as, the Congregational Yearbook..

Argument :: Argument (n.) The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem..

Catechism :: Catechism (n.) A book containing a summary of principles, especially of religious doctrine, reduced to the form of questions and answers..

Breviary :: Breviary (n.) An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or summary.

Prospectus :: Prospectus (n.) A summary, plan, or scheme of something proposed, affording a prospect of its nature; especially, an exposition of the scheme of an unpublished literary work..

Abstract :: Abstract (a.) That which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief..

Sentence :: Sentence (n.) A philosophical or theological opinion; a dogma; as, Summary of the Sentences; Book of the Sentences..

Sadda :: Sadda (n.) A work in the Persian tongue, being a summary of the Zend-Avesta, or sacred books..

Institute :: Institute (a.) Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognized as established and authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such principles and precepts; esp., a comprehensive summary of legal principles and decisions; as, the Institutes of Justinian; Coke's Institutes of the Laws of England. Cf. Digest, n..

Summaries :: Summary (a.) Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary vengeance..

Synoptic :: Synopsis (n.) 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..

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