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A short compend; a summary; a brief statement.

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  1. n. A short compend; a summary; a brief statement.
  2. n. A lawyer's brief.
  3. v. t. To abbreviate.
  4. 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. To abbreviate. [Obs.]
  5. To abbreviate. [Obs.]
  6. n. A short compend; a summary; a brief statement. n. A lawyer's brief. v. t. To abbreviate.