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breviate |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Breviate \Bre"vi*ate\, n. [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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Breviate \Bre"vi*ate\, v. t. To abbreviate. [Obs.]
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