IV. WORDS RELATING TO THE INTELLECTUAL FACULTIES; COMMUNICATION OF IDEAS
III. MEANS OF COMMUNICATING IDEAS
2. Conventional means; written language
Compendium.
[Nouns] compend, compendium; abstract, precis, epitome, multum in parvo, analysis, pandect, digest, sum and substance, brief, abridgment, summary, apercu (aper�u), draft, minute, note; excerpt; synopsis, textbook, conspectus, outlines, syllabus, contents, heads, prospectus.
album; scrapbook, notebook, memorandum book, commonplace book; extracts, excerpta, cuttings; fugitive pieces, fugitive writing; spicilegium, flowers, anthology, collectanea, analecta; compilation.
recapitulation, resume, review.
abbreviation, abbreviature; contraction; shortening [more]; compression [more].
[Verbs] abridge, abstract, epitomize, summarize; make an abstract, prepare an abstract, draw an abstract, compile an abstract.
recapitulate, review, skim, run over, sum up.
abbreviate (shorten) [more]; condense (compress) [more]; compile (collect) [more].
[Adjectives] compendious, synoptic, analectic; abrege, abridged; variorum.
