Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Breviate \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.

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