English Explanatory Dictionary

breviate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A short account, brief statement; a summary, abridgement or precis
  2. A brief missive or dispatch; a note.
  3. A lawyer's brief.
verb
  1. To abbreviate, shorten.
  2. To abstract for counsel's instruction, to brief
adj
  1. Abbreviated, short.

Word forms

breviate breviates breviating breviated more breviate most breviate

Etymology

First attested in 1581; borrowed from Latin breviātum, from the perfect passive participle of breviō (“shorten, abridge”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Derived words

breviating
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