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syn.op.sis \s*-'na:p-s*s\ \-.se-z\ n or syn.op.ses [LL, fr. Gk, lit., 
   comprehensive view, fr. synopsesthai to be going to se] pl e together, fr. 
   syn- + opsesthai to be going to see - more at OPTIC 1: a condensed 
   statement or outline (as of a narrative or treatise) :  ABSTRACT 2: the 
   abbreviated conjugation of a verb in one person only