compendiate

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verb

To sum or collect together.

OriginLate Latin compendiātus →
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Meanings

verbcompendiate (third-person singular simple present compendiates, present participle compendiating, simple past and past participle compendiated)

present singular third person compendiates · participle present compendiating · participle past compendiated · past compendiated

  1. obsoleteTo sum or collect together.

    and as it were of it self a compendium, before it could be compendiated

    1652, William Chillingworth, Infidelity Vnmasked

Origin

  1. Late Latincompendiātus
  2. Englishcompendiate

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

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APA

compendiate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compendiate

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“compendiate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compendiate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “compendiate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compendiate.

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