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succinct |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Succinct \Suc*cinct"\, a. [L. succinctus p. p. of succingere to gird below or from below, to tuck up sub + cingere to gird. Cf {Cincture}.] 1. Girded or tucked up bound; drawn tightly together. His habit fit for speed succinct. --Milton. 2. Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise. Let all your precepts be succinct and clear. --Roscommon. The shortest and most succinct model that ever grasped all the needs and necessities of mankind. --South. Syn: Short; brief; concise; summary; compendious; laconic; terse. -- {Suc*cinct"ly}, adv -- {Suc*cinct"ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: succinct adj : briefly giving the gist of something "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject" [syn: {compendious}, {compact}, {summary}]
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