Apercus

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Apercu \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.
        [1913 Webster]


  
              The main object being to develop the several
              aper[,c]us or insights which furnish the method of
              such psychology.                      --W. T.
                                                    Harris.
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              A series of partial and more or less disparate
              aper[,c]us or outlooks; each for itself a center of
              experience.                           --James Ward.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. Hence, a brief or detached view; conspectus; sketch.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]