Definition of Breveate
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.
Bre"vi*ate (&?;), v. t. To
abbreviate. [Obs.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A short account, brief statement; a summary, abridgement or precis
- A brief missive or dispatch; a note.
- A lawyer's brief.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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