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单词 breviate
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breviaten.

Brit. /ˈbriːvɪət/, U.S. /ˈbriviət/
Etymology: < breviate adj. used substantively, like the Latin neuter breviātum.
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.
2. A brief missive or dispatch; a note. Obsolete.
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.
3. A lawyer's brief. Obsolete.
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.

Etymology: < Latin breviātus, past participle of breviāre to shorten, < brevis short. Compare abbreviate n.
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.

Etymology: Formed as breviate adj. (or aphetic form of abbreviate v.).
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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