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Succinct


SUCCINCT', adjective ] Latin succinctus; sub and cingo, to surround.]

1. Tucked up; girded up; drawn up to permit the legs to be free.

Hib habit fit for speed succinct [Little Used.]

2. Compressed into a narrow compass; short; brief; concise; as a succinct account of the proceedings of the council.

Let all your precepts be succinct and clear.