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Webster 1913 Edition
Breviate
Bre′vi-ate
,Noun.
[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
,Verb.
T.
To abbreviate.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Breviate
BRE'VIATE
,Verb.
T.