breviate

First attested in 1581; borrowed from Latin breviātum, from the perfect passive participle of breviō (“shorten, abridge”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

breviate (plural breviates)

1. A short account, brief statement; a summary, abridgement or precis
2. A brief missive or dispatch; a note.
3. A lawyer's brief.

First attested in the beginning of the 16^th century; either borrowed from Latin breviātus, the perfect passive participle of breviō (“shorten, abridge”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)) or aphetic form of abbreviate.

breviate (third-person singular simple present breviates, present participle breviating, simple past and past participle breviated) (obsolete)

1. To abbreviate, shorten.
2. To abstract for counsel's instruction, to brief

breviate (comparative more breviate, superlative most breviate) (obsolete)

1. Abbreviated, short.

• evibrate

breviate

1. inflection of breviare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person plural imperative

breviate f pl

1. feminine plural of breviato

• trabevei

breviāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of breviō