\Bre"vi*ate\, n. [L. breviatus, p. p. of breviare to
shorten, brevis short.]
1. A short compend; a summary; a brief statement.
         I omit in this breviate to rehearse.  --Hakluyt.
         The same little breviates of infidelity have . . .
         been published and dispersed with great activity.
                                               --Bp. Porteus.
2. A lawyer's brief. [R.] --Hudibras.

\Bre"vi*ate\, v. t.
To abbreviate. [Obs.]