Breviate

n. [Lat. breviatus, -um, p. p. of breviare, to shorten, brevis, short.] A short compend; a summary; a brief statement. “I omit in this breviate to rehearse.” Hackluyt.

The same little brevates of infidelity have been published and dispersed with great activity. Porteus.

[See supra.] To abridge. [Obs.] See ABBREVIATE.