Definition of brief

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Brief (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..

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Summary :: Summary (a.) Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts..
Note :: Note (n.) A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation..
Metaphor :: Metaphor (n.) The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea..
Briefness :: Briefness (n.) The quality of being brief; brevity; conciseness in discourse or writing.
Stound :: Stound (n.) A brief space of time; a moment.
Breviate :: Breviate (n.) A short compend; a summary; a brief statement.
Analysis :: Analysis (n.) A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis..
Memorandum :: Memorandum (n.) A brief or informal note in writing of some transaction, or an outline of an intended instrument; an instrument drawn up in a brief and compendious form..
Telegrammic :: Telegrammic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a telegram; laconic; concise; brief..
Little :: Little (a.) Short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep..
Flash :: Flash (n.) The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period.
Clank :: Clank (n.) A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink..
Docket :: Docket (v. t.) To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and indorse it on the back of the paper, or to indorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize; as, to docket letters and papers..
Menology :: Menology (n.) A brief calendar of the lives of the saints for each day in the year, or a simple remembrance of those whose lives are not written..
Briefman :: Briefman (n.) A copier of a manuscript.
Call :: Call (v. i.) To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders..
Compendium :: Compendium (n.) A brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system; an abridgment; an epitome; a compend; a condensed summary..
Gnome :: Gnome (n.) A brief reflection or maxim.
Twinkle :: Twinkle (n.) A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated..
Summary :: Summarize (v. t.) To comprise in, or reduce to, a summary; to present briefly..
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