Definition of brief

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Brief (n.) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose..

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Transient :: Transient (a.) Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view of a landscape..
Breviate :: Breviate (n.) A lawyer's brief.
Apostle :: Apostle (n.) A brief letter dimissory sent by a court appealed from to the superior court, stating the case, etc.; a paper sent up on appeals in the admiralty courts..
Excursion :: Excursion () A journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief tour; as, an excursion into the country..
Ample :: Ample (a.) Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative..
Ephemeral :: Ephemeral (n.) Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeral plant, insect, etc..
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..
Pause :: Pause (n.) In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts..
Commatic :: Commatic (a.) Having short clauses or sentences; brief; concise.
Trip :: Trip (n.) A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
Note :: Note (n.) A brief writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
Libel :: Libel (n.) A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc..
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..
Span :: Span (v. t.) Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time..
Short :: Short (adv.) In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short..
Briefless :: Briefless (a.) Having no brief; without clients; as, a briefless barrister..
Call :: Call (v. i.) To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders..
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..
Mention :: Mention (v. t.) To make mention of; to speak briefly of; to name.
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) That which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief..
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