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Breve n.

(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.

(Law) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.

(Print.) A curved mark used commonly to indicate the short quantity of a vowel.

(Zool.) The great ant thrush of Sumatra (Pitta gigas), which has a very short tail.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... has sepala pet. conformia extus alba, intus fusco-brunnea, labellum cucullatum, breve, calcaratum; intus inconspicue bilamellatum; extus albidum margines versus exceptis qua uti intus fusco- sanguineum, fauce saturatiore. Columnae albae clavale sursum subulata. Anthera fere immersa, Rostellum integrum ut in omnibus glandula orbotis Pollinia 8. 5 A.M.—Temperature ...

— Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The - Neighbouring Countries • William Griffith

... ellos [los que habian procurado el Breve] y pretensor de mitra, le costo la vida el sentimiento que tuvo de ver tan indignado al Rey Catolico'. I have not been able to consult Jesus y Maria's work. My quotation, like Alonso Getino's (op. cit., p. 354), is taken at second-hand ...

— Fray Luis de Leon - A Biographical Fragment • James Fitzmaurice-Kelly

... articulation, enunciation. Associated Words: diacritical marks, macron, breve, diaeresis, ...

— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming

... el alma Se amaron en vida, Y al fin se separan En vida las dos; Sabeis que es tan grande Le pena sentida Que con esa palabra Se dicen adios. Y en esa palabra Que breve murmura, Ni verse prometen Niamarse se juran; Que en esa palabra Se dicen adios. No hay queja mas honda, Suspiro mas largo; Que aquellas palabras Que dicen adios. Al fin ha llegado, La muerte en la vida; Al fin para entrambos Muramos los dos: Al fin ha ...

— The Splendid Idle Forties - Stories of Old California • Gertrude Atherton

... macron [a,] a with ogonek (tail) ['c] c with acute accent [vc] c with caron [-e] e with macron [ve] e with caron [e,] e with ogonek [)e] e with breve [-i] i with macron [)i] i with breve [/l] ell with stroke ['m] m with acute accent ['n] n with acute accent [vn] n with caron [-o] o with macron [vr] r with caron [.r] r with dot over ['s] s with acute accent [vs] s with caron [-u] u with macron ['z] ...

— The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. - Poetry • George Gordon Byron

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