Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COM'PEND, or COM-PEND'I-UM
COM-PEL'LINGCOM-PEND-I-A'RI-OUS
COM'PEND, or COM-PEND'I-UM, n. [L. compendium.]
In literature, an abridgment; a summary; an epitome; a brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system.
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