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imbreviate, v.|ɪmˈbriːvɪeɪt| Also 7 (Sc.) imbreviat. [f. med.L. imbreviāt-, ppl. stem of imbreviāre (see prec.).] trans. To put into the form of a brief; to enrol, register.
1609Skene Reg. Maj. 58 The Schiref sall cause imbreviat, and put in writ the names of the twelue assisours. 1636Prynne Remonstr. agst. Shipmoney 27 The King..caused all the ships..to be imbreviated by this Writ. 1865Nichols Britton I. 14 Let the coroner cause their names and the names of the pledges to be imbreviated [tr. AF. enbrever]. |