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breviate

breviate noun: a short account, brief statement; a summary, abridgement or precis.

Noun

breviate (plural breviates)

  1. A short account, brief statement; a summary, abridgement or precis
  2. A brief missive or dispatch; a note.
  3. A lawyer's brief.

Verb

breviate (third-person singular simple present breviates, present participle breviating, simple past and past participle breviated)

  1. (obsolete) To abbreviate, shorten.
  2. (obsolete) To abstract for counsel's instruction, to brief

Adjective

breviate (comparative more breviate, superlative most breviate)

  1. (obsolete) Abbreviated, short.

breviate meaning in Tamil and Bengali

breviate in Tamil

சிறுபொழிப்பு, சிறுசுருக்கம்

breviate in Bengali

সংক্ষেপে বলা, হ্রাস করা

Forms of breviate

Noun
pluralbreviates
Verb
third-person singular presentbreviates
present participlebreviating
past participlebreviated
pastbreviated
Adjective
comparativemore breviate
superlativemost breviate

Origin of breviate

First attested in 1581; borrowed from Latin breviātum, from the perfect passive participle of breviō (“shorten, abridge”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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.

Words formed from breviate

  • breviating

Questions about breviate

What does breviate mean?
Breviate means a short account, brief statement; a summary, abridgement or precis.
What is breviate in Tamil?
Breviate in Tamil is சிறுபொழிப்பு, சிறுசுருக்கம். See Breviate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is breviate?
Breviate can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
What is the plural of breviate?
The plural of breviate is breviates.

Words near breviate in the dictionary

  1. brevi-
  2. brevianamide
  3. brevianamides
  4. breviaries
  5. breviary
  6. breviate
  7. breviates
  8. breviation
  9. breviations
  10. breviature
  11. breviatures

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Adapted from Wiktionary: breviate (page history and authors); breviate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); breviate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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