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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
summarise

chiefly British English spelling of summarize; for suffix, see -ize. Related: Summarised; summarising; summarisation.

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summarise

vb. 1 To prepare a summary of something 2 To give a recapitulation of the salient facts; to recapitulate or review

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summarise
  1. v. be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper" [syn: summarize, sum, sum up]

  2. give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize" [syn: sum up, summarize, resume]

Usage examples of "summarise".

In concluding this section of the present chapter it may be convenient to summarise, under the form of an illustration, the usual movements of the hypocotyls and epicotyls of seedlings, whilst breaking through the ground and immediately afterwards.

Christian Science explain it, and they are summarised in the four following self-evident propositions: 1.

He summarised the vices of many capitals and seemed inclined to award the palm to Berlin.

By this time the Banished had gone through the same philosophical hoops which Volyova and Pascale had just summarised for Khouri's benefit.

Homework, kindly read the chapter on Boggarts and summarise it for me … to be handed in on Monday.

Works on Tibetan iconography commonly distribute deities under a greater number of headings without necessarily specifying affiliations and some of these gods may be briefly summarised here.

Salvation could come only from the knowledge and practice summarised in the Four Noble Truths: the truth of suffering, for instance pain, loss and death.

Approximately every six months line managers summarise a subordinate's performance on a `Staff Appraisal Form' or SAF.

Mr Tillottson put on a pair of spectacles and began to summarise, consulting the notes from time to time.

Learned journals, press cuttings, notes in Harry's flowery tailor's hand summarising the above.