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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.]