Breviate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Breviate \Bre"vi*ate\, n. [L. breviatus, p. p. of breviare to
     shorten, brevis short.]
     1. A short compend; a summary; a brief statement.
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              I omit in this breviate to rehearse.  --Hakluyt.


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              The same little breviates of infidelity have . . .
              been published and dispersed with great activity.
                                                    --Bp. Porteus.
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     2. A lawyer's brief. [R.] --Hudibras.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Breviate \Bre"vi*ate\, v. t.
     To abbreviate. [Obs.]
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