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brieve

brieve is the alternative spelling of breve.

Meaning of breve

Noun (1)

breve (plural breves)

  1. A semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.
    Synonyms:
    micron
    Antonyms:
    macron
  2. A double whole note; a note twice as long as a semibreve.
  3. Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.
    • But what, are you puzzling in your pockets to seek your only memorial among old play bills, letters requesting a meeting of the Faculty, rules of the Speculative Society, syllabus' of lectures—all the miscellaneous contents of a young lawyer's pocket, which contains every thing but brieves and...1818 July 25, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], “I. Being Introductory.”, in Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James...
  4. A pitta, all of which have more or less short tails.

Noun (2)

breve (plural breves)

  1. An equal mix of espresso and half and half cream.

Forms of brieve

pluralbrieves

Questions about brieve

What is brieve the alternative spelling of?
Brieve is the alternative spelling of breve.

Words near brieve in the dictionary

  1. Brierlys
  2. briers
  3. brierwood
  4. briery
  5. bries
  6. brieve
  7. brieves
  8. brieze block
  9. brieze blocks
  10. brifentanil
  11. brifka

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