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Breviate
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To abbreviate. [Obs.]