Etymology

compendiate

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Today it means: To sum or collect together. Full definition →

Late Latin compendiātus
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  1. Late Latin · borrowed fromcompendiātus
  2. English todaycompendiate

Borrowed from Late Latin compendiātus, perfect passive participle of compendiō (“to shorten”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from compendium.

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