Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            The main object being to develop the several
            aper[,c]us or insights which furnish the method of
            such psychology.                      --W. T.
                                                  Harris.

            A series of partial and more or less disparate
            aper[,c]us or outlooks; each for itself a center of
            experience.                           --James Ward.

   2. Hence, a brief or detached view; conspectus; sketch.

Source : WordNet®

apercu
     n : a short synopsis