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What does compendious mean?

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  1. containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized
  2. briefly describing a body of knowledge
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The second limb is concerned with what, for want of a better compendious description, can be called the liability of an accessory to a trustee's breach of trust.
His compendious book, then, ranges from dry speculation on geology to exquisite description of flora, spangled with remarkably apt epigrams.
Mr President, I would like to say that my first explanation of vote was a compendious explanation of my two votes.
Long before Shakespeare's death the playwrights had lost confidence in their power to offer a conspectus or compendious view.
Apparently the compendious works on Chicago history by John Kirkland had not been consulted.
His compendious book ranges from dry speculation on geology to exquisite description of flora, spangled with remarkably apt epigrams.

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