Definitions for: Apercu

[n] a short synopsis

Webster (1913) Definition: A`per`[,c]u" ([.a]`p[^a]r`s[.u]"), n.; pl. Aper[,c]us
(-s[.u]"). [F., prop. p. p. of apercevoir to perceive.]
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
aper[,c]us or insights which furnish the method of
such psychology. --W. T.
Harris.

A series of partial and more or less disparate
aper[,c]us or outlooks; each for itself a center of
experience. --James Ward.

2. Hence, a brief or detached view; conspectus; sketch.

See Also: abstract, outline, precis, synopsis

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