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noun
Breve  n.  
1.
(Mus.) A note or character of time, equivalent to two semibreves or four minims. When dotted, it is equal to three semibreves. It was formerly of a square figure, but is now made oval, with a line perpendicular to the staff on each of its sides; formerly much used for choir service.
2.
(Law) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.
3.
(Print.) A curved mark used commonly to indicate the short quantity of a vowel.
4.
(Zool.) The great ant thrush of Sumatra (Pitta gigas), which has a very short tail.





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... example [Greek: tragos]. The original text used a few other characters not found in the Latin-1 character set. These have been represented using bracket notation, as follows: [)a], [)e], [)s] and [)z] represent letters with a breve (curved line) above; [a] and [u] represent letters with a macron (straight line) above. In a few places, a single superscript is shown by a caret, and two superscript letters by carets, as in ...
— The Works of Lord Byron - Poetry, Volume V. • Lord Byron
... percipendu{m} qua{m}diu vij^c xxxv^li xviij^s i^d ob. eidem Michaeli per compotu{m} predictu{m} sic debitu{m}, etc. D{omi}n{u}s Rex mandat vt ei satisfactionem vel assignationem competentem (inlocis vbi ei celeriter satisfieri poterit) fieret et haberet, per breve de magno sigillo inter mandata de termino Pasch anno quadragesimo tercio, etc. So that Richarde, Michaell de la Pooles grandfather, (amagistrate of greate welthe in Hull,) was the fyrste that gaue advancemente to that howse: ...
— Animaduersions uppon the annotacions and corrections of some imperfections of impressiones of Chaucer's workes - 1865 edition • Francis Thynne
... suggestation," continued Jeff, "dat ter a lady ob yer 'finement, dis place am not fit ter breve in. Wha's mo', I doan 'cline ter hab dese yer common niggahs a-whisperin' an' a- pintin' an' a-'jecturin' about us. Lemme yet yer a seat under de lite ob de risin' moon. De dusk'll obscuate yer loveleness so I'se dar' tell all ...
— Taken Alive • E. P. Roe
... the eminent fancier Mr. Brent believes that it was an inferior Barb: C. cretensis, with a short beak and a swelling on the upper mandible, cannot be recognised: C. (falsely called) gutturosa, which from its rostrum, breve, crassum, et tuberosum seems to me to come nearest to the Barb, Mr. Brent believes to be a Carrier; and lastly, the C. persica et turcica, Mr. Brent thinks, and I quite concur with him, was a short-beaked Carrier with very little ...
— The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication - Volume I • Charles Darwin
... schernir la primavera Sulla breve durata e passegiera Dei vaghi fiori suoi. Ma la belle stagione a lui rispose Forse i piacere tuoi Vita piu ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843 • Various


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