单词 | breviate |
释义 | breviaten. 1. a. A short account, brief statement; a summary, abridgement, compendium. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [noun] abbreviationa1464 summary1509 breve1523 bridgement1523 abbreviate1531 summulary1533 breviary1547 extract1549 digest1555 brief1563 promptuary1577 abbreviature1578 institute1578 breviation1580 breviate1581 compendiary1589 symbol1594 ramass1596 compendium1608 abridgement1609 digestment1610 digestion1613 epitome1623 abridge1634 comprisal1640 comprisurea1641 syntome1641 medulla1644 multum in parvo1653 contracta1657 landscape1656 comprehension1659 sylloge1686 contraction1697 résumé1782 compend1796 sum-up1848 roundup1884 wrap-up1960 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 226 A Breviate of all Luthers doctrine. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 431 What we read in Saint Luke was onely the breviate, sum, and abridgement of his Sermon. 1709 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 10 Dec. (1886) II. 324 Begs H. to send mere breviates of his materials. 1862 P. B. Power (title) Breviates: or Short Texts and their Teachings. 1865 Reader No. 143. 341/1 A breviate of the chronicles. b. figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [noun] > reproducing on a smaller scale > that which is abstract1561 brief1563 scantling1576 miniaturea1586 compendium1602 compendiment1605 modelet1605 baby figure1609 breviary1609 modulet1610 microcosm1611 epitomea1616 compend1642 breviate1695 reduction1728 mini1978 1695 T. Tryon Treat. Dreams & Visions (ed. 2) xi. 209 God made him [man]..a breviate of the nature of all things divine and humane. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > short letter or note schedule1397 billet1579 breviate1596 notea1616 line1647 letterling1781 letteret1799 letterlet1812 notelet1823 epistolet1824 notekin1861 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xii. lxxvii. 314 His Tablet sent she, and therewith this Breuiat, by a Page. 1656 W. S. Bullokar's Eng. Expositor (rev. ed.) Breviate, a brief, note, little or short writing. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. lix. 213 I send..for particulars of the fatal breviate thou sentest him this night. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > [noun] > instructions or briefs instructions1529 breviate1594 brief1631 memorial1729 soup1856 watching brief1886 docker1889 dock brief1909 amicus curiae brief1919 1594 Zepheria xx. sig. D2v How often hath my pen (mine hearts Solicitor!) Instructed thee in Breviat of my case! 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 111 As well-fee'd Lawyer on his Breviate. a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) I. 192 He could over night..admit his clients..and..was then prepared, next day, to peruse his breviate. 4. ? The daily portion to be read in the breviary. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > breviary or office book > [noun] > part of, for reading daily breviate1813 1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake ii. viii. 73 Wearied with the eternal strain Of formal breviats, cold and vain. Compounds breviate-maker n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [noun] > summarizing or abridging > one who abbreviator1529 abridger1555 summarist1577 summister1577 summulary1580 summer-up1599 summist1602 breviate-maker1611 epitomist1611 epitomizer1615 barber1616 breviarist1621 epitomator1621 summulist1635 abbreviarist1679 breviator1679 compendiarist1679 compendiator1679 curtailer1724 literator1785 summarizer1861 condenser1868 trimmer1876 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Extrayeur de proces, a reporter, or Abridger, of Cases; a breuiate-maker. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † breviateadj. Obsolete. Abbreviated, shortened; short. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adjective] > shortening > shortened yshortedc1400 breviate1509 1509 S. Hawes Conuercyon Swerers (de Worde) 38 For a breuyat pleasure of worldly vanyte. ?1521 A. Barclay Bk. Codrus & Mynalcas sig. Civv By bestly surfet, the lyfe is breuyate. 1552 J. Mychell (title) A breuiat Cronicle contaynynge all the Kinges from Brute to this daye. 1656 Shepherd's Kal. viii By sloth in the time of this breviate life we gather not goods for the life eternal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † breviatev. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To abbreviate, shorten. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > short duration [verb (transitive)] > shorten shortc1175 laska1375 abridgec1384 breviatea1529 strait1571 scantelize1611 curta1618 shortena1641 decontract1647 a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Giiiv By myschefe to breuyate and shorten his dayes. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Di/1 Breuiate, abbreuiare. 1637 T. Heywood Dial. 885 Wee'l breviat your long motions Within a few short termes. 2. To abridge; spec. to abstract for counsel's instruction, to brief. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > practice law [verb (transitive)] > reduce to form of brief breviate1663 brief1836 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > summarize or abridge [verb (transitive)] abrevya1325 comprehendc1369 abridgec1384 shorta1390 suma1398 abbreviate?a1475 shorten1530 to cut short?1542 curtail1553 to knit up1553 to wind up1583 clip1598 epitomize1599 brief1601 contract1604 to shut up1622 decurt1631 to sum up1642 breviate1663 curtilate1665 compendize1693 epitomate1702 to gather up1782 summarize1808 scissor1829 précis1856 to cut down1857 to boil down1880 synopsize1882 essence1888 résumé1888 short copy1891 bovrilize1900 pot1927 summate1951 capsulize1958 profile1970 1663 T. Manley Sollicitor (ed. 2) 102 To breviate his Clyents cause fit to instruct counsel. 1679 T. Hobbes Dial. Com. Laws (1840) 57 The office of this Chancellor was..to breviate the matter of the petitions, for the easing of the Emperor. Derivatives ˈbreviated adj. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [adjective] > shortened or abbreviated abbreviatec1425 abbreviatedc1487 breviateda1593 a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. Bv The breuiated names of holy Saints. ˈbreviating n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > shortening shorteninga1542 breviating1633 syncopea1658 1633 J. Ford Loves Sacrifice ii. sig. Ev For the breuiating the prolixity of some superfluous transmigration. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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