Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Breviate

Breviate ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Latin breviatus, past participle 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. [Rare] — Hudibras

Breviate ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb

To abbreviate. [Obsolete]