n.; pl. Synopses [ L., from Gr. &unr_;; sy`n with, together + &unr_; a sight, view, from the root seen in E. optic. ] A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus. [ 1913 Webster ]

That the reader may see in one view the exactness of the method, as well as force of the argument, I shall here draw up a short synopsis of this epistle. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Abridgment; compendium; epitome; abstract; summary; syllabus; conspectus. See Abridgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the first three Gospels of the New Testament. See Synoptist. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. synoptique. See Synopsis. ] Affording a general view of the whole, or of the principal parts of a thing; as, a synoptic table; a synoptical statement of an argument. “The synoptic Gospels.” Alford. -- Syn*op"tic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. Any one of the authors of the three synoptic Gospels, which give a history of our Lord's life and ministry, in distinction from the writer of John's Gospel, which gives a fuller record of his teachings. [ 1913 Webster ]