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Definition of Terser
1. terse [adj] - See also: terse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Terser
Literary usage of Terser
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Quaternions by William Rowan Hamilton (1899)
"... and aleo the terser Vq derived from a quaternion q, may be regarded as
established here by arbitrary definition ; but as permitted, because the diff ..."
2. The Bibelot: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, Chosen in Part by Thomas Bird Mosher (1903)
"Next we go back more than two hundred years to Leonidas. He is terser, but loves
the spring quite as well (I must try and be terser too): — VIL 'Tis time to ..."
3. The Life and Correspondence of George Calixtus: Lutheran Abbot of by William Charles Dowding (1863)
"This, also, was added; that it was the labour and diligence of Dr. Johann Elai
terser which had been made available for so great a work. ..."
4. The Bibles of England: A Plain Account for Plain People of the Principal by Andrew Edgar (1889)
"42, is terser English than exercise lordship over them ; " He was minded to go
forth into Galilee," John i. 43, is more explicit than he would go forth; ..."
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