SUMMARY

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
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.

2.
a.

Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary vengeance.

3.
n.

A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.

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