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Apercu
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A`per`cu´    (å`pâr`s
n.1.A first view or glance, or the perception or estimation so obtained; an immediate apprehension or insight, appreciative rather than analytic.
The main object being to develop the several aperçus or insights which furnish the method of such psychology.
- W. T. Harris.
A series of partial and more or less disparate aperçus or outlooks; each for itself a center of experience.
- James Ward.
2.Hence, a brief or detached view; conspectus; sketch.
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Noun1.apercu - a short synopsis
precis, synopsis, abstract, outline - a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory


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