gisting

Verb

gist (third-person singular simple present gists, present participle gisting, simple past and past participle gisted)

1. (transitive) To extract and present the main ideas or substance, or the most essential parts of (a document, piece of writing, etc.); to abridge, to summarize.
   • There are two general ways of getting information, and these two general ways may be summed up in this: take one branch of study and its principles are all gisted, they have been gisted by the accumulated thought of years gone by. These gisted thoughts are axioms, or received principles, and the...1872 August 7, J. H. Hoose, “Professional Instruction in Normal Schools”, in The Addresses and Journal of Proceedings of the National Educational Association, Session of the Year 1872, at Boston...

   Synonyms:

   condense, précis

2. (Nigeria, intransitive) To talk idly; chat; also, to gossip.

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