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gist / jist/ • n. [in sing.] 1. the substance or essence of a speech or text: she noted the gist of each message. 2. Law the real point of an action: damage is the gist of the action and without it the plaintiff must fail. |
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"gist." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "gist." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-gist.html "gist." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-gist.html |
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gist (leg.) ground of an action, etc. XVIII; substance or essence of a matter XIX. — OF. gist (mod. gît), 3rd sg. pres. ind. of F. gésir lie (:- L. jacēre).
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T. F. HOAD. "gist." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "gist." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-gist.html T. F. HOAD. "gist." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-gist.html |
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GIST n. see gastrointestinal (stromal tumour).
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"GIST." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "GIST." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-GIST.html "GIST." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-GIST.html |
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•assist, cist, coexist, consist, cyst, desist, enlist, exist, fist, gist, grist, hist, insist, list, Liszt, mist, persist, resist, schist, subsist, tryst, twist, whist, wist, wrist
•Dadaist • deist • fideist • Hebraist
•Mithraist • essayist • prosaist
•hobbyist, lobbyist
•Trotskyist • boniest • copyist • veriest
•pantheist • atheist • polytheist
•monotheist
•Maoist, Taoist
•oboist • egoist • jingoist • banjoist
•soloist • Titoist • Shintoist
•canoeist, tattooist, Uist
•voodooist • altruist • casuist
•euphuist • Lamaist • vibist • cubist
•Arabist • faddist • propagandist
•contrabandist • avant-gardist • eldest
•sadist • encyclopedist
•immodest, modest
•Girondist • keyboardist
•harpsichordist • nudist • Buddhist
•unprejudiced • Talmudist
•psalmodist • threnodist • hymnodist
•monodist • chiropodist • parodist
•heraldist • rhapsodist • prosodist
•Methodist • absurdist
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"gist." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "gist." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-gist.html "gist." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-gist.html |
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