compend

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noun

A compendium; an epitome; a summary.

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nouncompend (plural compends)

plural compends

  1. A compendium; an epitome; a summary.

    […] the man being only a sort of compend of the globe with its centrifugence and centripetence, with its chemistry, with its polarity, with its undulation.

    1858, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Natural Method of Mental Philosophy

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APA

compend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compend

MLA

“compend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compend. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “compend,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compend.

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