v. t.
It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. abbreviatus, p. p. ]
n. An abridgment. [ Obs. ] Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. breviatus, p. p. of breviare to shorten, brevis short. ]
I omit in this breviate to rehearse. Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]
The same little breviates of infidelity have . . . been published and dispersed with great activity. Bp. Porteus. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To abbreviate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]