BREVIATE

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Bre″vi‐ate (�), n. [[L. breviatus, p. p. of breviare to shorten, brevis short.]] 1. 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. 2. A lawyer's brief. Hudibras.