CONSPECTUS Definition & Meaning

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conspectus

[ kuhn-spek-tuhs ]

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noun

plural conspectuses.

a general or comprehensive view; survey.
a digest; summary; résumé.
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conspectus

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noun

an overall view; survey
a summary; résumé

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of conspectus¹

1830–40; < Latin: survey, view, act of seeing, equivalent to conspec-, variant stem of conspicere to see, catch sight of ( con- con- + -spicere, combining form of specere to look) + -tus suffix of v. action

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of conspectus¹

C19: from Latin: a viewing, from conspicere to observe, from specere to look

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

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Of course a far fuller list might have been given; many phenomena of actual insanity would need to be cited in any complete conspectus.

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

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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.

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

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