Definition of breviate

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Breviate (n.) A lawyer's brief.

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Doublet :: Doublet (a.) One of two or more words in the same language derived by different courses from the same original from; as, crypt and grot are doublets; also, guard and ward; yard and garden; abridge and abbreviate, etc..
Ladykin :: Ladykin (n.) A little lady; -- applied by the writers of Queen Elizabeth's time, in the abbreviated form Lakin, to the Virgin Mary..
Scandalum Magnatum :: Scandalum magnatum () A defamatory speech or writing published to the injury of a person of dignity; -- usually abbreviated scan. mag.
Idem :: Idem (pron. / adj.) The same; the same as above; -- often abbreviated id.
Abbreviated :: Abbreviated (a.) Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.
Myelencephalon :: Myelencephalon (n.) The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis; the neuron. Sometimes abbreviated to myelencephal.
Videlicet :: Videlicet (adv.) To wit; namely; -- often abbreviated to viz.
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Contraction :: Contraction (n.) Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word or phrase; -- as, plenipo for plenipotentiary; crim. con. for criminal conversation, etc..
Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (v. t.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction..
Abbreviator :: Abbreviator (n.) One who abbreviates or shortens.
Notation :: Notation (n.) Any particular system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. Esp., the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity, or operations..
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Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (a.) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
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