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Webster 1913 Edition

Succinct

Suc-cinct′

,
Adj.
[L.
succinctus
, p. p. of
succingere
to gird below or from below, to tuck up;
sub + cingere
to gird. Cf.
Cincture
.]
1.
Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.
His habit fit for speed
succinct
.
Milton.
2.
Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise.
Let all your precepts be
succinct
and clear.
Roscommon.
The shortest and most
succinct
model that ever grasped all the needs and necessities of mankind.
South.
Syn. – Short; brief; concise; summary; compendious; laconic; terse.
–
Suc-cinct′ly
,
adv.
–
Suc-cinct′ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Succinct

SUCCINCT'

,
Adj.
]L. 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.

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