breviate

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A short account, brief statement; a summary, abridgement or precis
  2. A brief missive or dispatch; a note.
  3. A lawyer's brief.
动词 v.
  1. To abbreviate, shorten. obsolete
  2. To abstract for counsel's instruction, to brief obsolete
形容词 adj.
  1. Abbreviated, short. obsolete

词形变化

breviates plural breviates present,singular,third-person breviating participle,present breviated participle,past breviated past more breviate comparative most breviate superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
breviating

词源

词源 1
First attested in 1581; borrowed from Latin breviātum, from the perfect passive participle of breviō (“shorten, abridge”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
词源 2
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.
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