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.
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Bre"vi*ate (?), v. t.
To abbreviate.
[Obs.]
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