transitive. To write down concisely. Cf. breve, v.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > put concisely or briefly [verb (transitive)] (17) brevyc1503 transitive. To write down concisely. Cf. breve, v. stenography1652 transitive, in quot. 1652 figurative, to write or express in brief. to spell‥short1857 figurative. to spell‥short, to express by a shorter and blunter term. nutshell1883 transitive. To sum up in a few words; to state concisely. tabloid1909 transitive. To express briefly or concisely; to condense or concentrate, (in later use) esp. in a populist or reductive way, resembling that of… Subcategories:— express in manner of epigram (1) — condense (10) — reduce to monosyllable (1) |
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