An archaic or obsolete word meaning concise or brief.
From Old French 'contis' or Latin 'confectus' (finished, cut short). This word largely disappeared from English by the 16th century, replaced by 'concise.'
Medieval scribes had to be extremely 'contise' because parchment was expensive—they developed abbreviations and shortcuts we're still decoding centuries later in ancient manuscripts.
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