Thesaurus: brief

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1. a. Short in duration.
2. a. Concise; terse; succinct.
3. a. Rife; common; prevalent.
4. adv. Briefly.
5. adv. Soon; quickly.
6. a. A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words.
7. a. An epitome.
8. a. An word/abridgment">abridgment or word/concise">concise statement of a client's case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at law. This word is applied also to a statement of the heads or points of a law argument.
9. a. A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2.
10. n. A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence.
11. n. A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
12. v. t. To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings.