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briefen

verb

Etymology

From brief + -en.

  1. derived from *mréǵʰus✻ — “short, brief”
  2. derived from brevis — “short”
  3. derived from brief
  4. inherited from breef
  5. suffixed as briefen — “brief + en”

Definitions

  1. To make or become brief

    • Many of the more striking facts should be briefened in language and laid before the entire medical world.
    • It briefens the creeds; it federates the sects; it seeks for religious unity; it gives itself, with a devotion which may well challenge our respect, to the alleviation of human misery and to the reform of the social and political order.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA