Definify.com

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.
To abridge. [Not used.] [See Abbreviate.]

Definition 2024

breviate

breviate

English

Noun

breviate ‎(plural breviates)

  1. A short account, brief statement; a summary, abridgement or precis
  2. A brief missive or dispatch; a note.
  3. A lawyer's brief.

Italian

Verb

breviate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of breviare
  2. second-person plural imperative of breviare
  3. second-person plural present subjunctive of breviare
  4. feminine plural of breviato

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

breviāte

  1. first-person plural present active imperative of breviō

Etymology

From Latin breviātus, perfect passive participle of breviō ‎(“shorten, abridge”).

Similar Results