conspectus

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It gives an ever-growing conspectus of the animate and the inanimate world.”

From New York Times

Let us attempt some rough conspectus, which may show something of the relation in which central and peripheral vision stand to each other.

From Project Gutenberg

No other document is so valuable for a complete conspectus of Jefferson's mind and theories at that time.

From Project Gutenberg

At any rate we owe to his industry a unique conspectus of the literary history of the Arabs to the end of the fourth century after the Flight.

From Project Gutenberg

Often shown as Spice Russet, flatter and irregular: Vide conspectus.

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