Breviate

Bre·vi·ate

Breviate

n.
  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.]

Breviate

v. t.
  1. To abbreviate. [Obs.]