BREVIATE

Etymology

Noun

breviate (plural breviates)

A short account, brief statement; a summary, abridgement or precis

A brief missive or dispatch; a note.

A lawyer's brief.

Anagrams

• evibrate

Source: Wiktionary


Bre"vi*ate, n. Etym: [L. breviatus, p.p. of breviare to shorten, brevis short.]

1. A short compend; a summary; a brief statement. I omit in this breviate to rehearse. Hakluyt. The same little breviates of infidelity have . . . been published and dispersed with great activity. Bp. Porteus.

2. A lawyer's brief. [R.] Hudibras.

Bre"vi*ate, v. t.

Definition: To abbreviate. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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