Definition of brief

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Brief (n.) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose..

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Stack :: Staccato (a.) Expressed in a brief, pointed manner..
Brief :: Brief (a.) Rife; common; prevalent.
Trip :: Trip (n.) A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
Brief :: Brief (n.) A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence..
Summary :: Summarize (v. t.) To comprise in, or reduce to, a summary; to present briefly..
Burst :: Burst (n.) Any brief, violent exertion or effort; a spurt; as, a burst of speed..
Analysis :: Analysis (n.) A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis..
Short :: Short (superl.) Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question..
Comedietta :: Comedietta (n.) A dramatic sketch; a brief comedy.
Briefly :: Briefly (adv.) Concisely; in few words.
Laconism :: Laconism (n.) A vigorous, brief manner of expression; laconic style..
Commatic :: Commatic (a.) Having short clauses or sentences; brief; concise.
Breviary :: Breviary (n.) An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or summary.
Brief :: Brief (a.) An epitome.
Flicker :: Flicker (n.) The act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame..
Laconize :: Laconize (v. i.) To imitate the manner of the Laconians, especially in brief, pithy speech, or in frugality and austerity..
Resume :: Resume (n.) A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation.
Menology :: Menology (n.) A brief calendar of the lives of the saints for each day in the year, or a simple remembrance of those whose lives are not written..
Mot :: Mot (n.) A note or brief strain on a bugle.
Glide :: Glide (n.) A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with gradual change in the most frequent cases; as in passing from the begining to the end of a regular diphthong, or from vowel to consonant or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to the other of a double or diphthongal consonant (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 19, 161, 162). Also (by Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final element)
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