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breviate

noun

Etymology

First attested in the beginning of the 16ᵗʰ 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 apheretic form of abbreviate.

  1. borrowed from breviātum

Definitions

  1. A short account, brief statement

    A short account, brief statement; a summary, abridgement or precis

  2. A brief missive or dispatch

    A brief missive or dispatch; a note.

  3. A lawyer's brief.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. To abbreviate, shorten.

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

    3. Abbreviated, short.

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Vish — recursive loop

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