brevetn.

Brit.

/ˈbrɛvɪt/, U.S.

/brəˈvɛt/

Forms: Also Middle English breuette, 1700s brevitt.

Etymology: < French brevet a note, diminutive of bref letter, etc.: see brief n.¹

†1. An official or authoritative message in writing; esp. a Papal Indulgence. Obsolete.Not in Johnson 1755.

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society > law > legal document > types of legal or official document > [noun] > letter or letters patent

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missive letter1444

missive bill1522

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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > papal documents > [noun] > bull

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legative bull1548

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. Prol. 71 He bonchede hem with his Breuet and blered heore eiȝen.

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 649 I wil go fecche my box with my breuettes.

1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. xii This worthy Kyng..Hath his breuettes and his letters sent For his lordes to holde a parlement.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 462 He gave unto them..two brevets or letters to carrie unto the Ephori.

1652 Severall Proc. Parl. No. 109. 2659 Ingaged to signifie that Bul with the Brevet and Excommunication before the King here.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Brevet, a Brief, a Pope's Bull. Old word.

a1754 Carte in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) II. 107 Council Brevitts, though of no authority in point of Evidence, yet for Information are often useful.

a. An official document granting certain privileges from a sovereign or government; spec. in the Army, a document conferring nominal rank on an officer, but giving no right to extra pay.

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society > law > legal right > [noun] > document conferring right or privilege

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society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > appointment to rank > [noun] > document conferring nominal rank

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1689 Bp. G. Burnet Tracts I. 25 Had a brevet to be a Marischal of France.

1721 London Gaz. No. 5952/2 The Duke of Chartres..holds this Employment by a Brevet only.

1811 Duke of Wellington Let. 14 May in Dispatches (1838) VII. 557 Six Majors..to be promoted by brevet to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 3 When Regiments or Detachments are united..in Camp..the Eldest Officer, whether by brevet or otherwise, is to command the whole.

b. transferred and figurative.

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1819 Edinb. Rev. 31 279 Any blockhead who could produce a sonnet..obtained a brevet of poet.

1861 Sat. Rev. 23 Nov. 533 The Church..offers an easy entrance to the stupid..a brevet of gentility to those who feel their need of it.

a. attributive or quasi-adj., as in brevet officer, brevet rank.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > officer by brevet

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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > officer by brevet > rank of

brevet rank1836

1781 A. Hamilton Let. 2 May in Papers (1961) II. 638 I have used the term brevet..as signifying in general all officers not attached to any established corps.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 243 All the commissioned and brevet officers of the army and navy.

1836 Penny Cycl. V. 402/1 Brevet rank does not exist in the royal navy.

1868 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army ⁋27 Captains having the brevet rank of Field Officers..do duty as field Officers in Camp and Garrison.

b. transferred and figurative.

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1829 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. x. 357 One of those accredited ghost tales which attain a sort of brevet rank as true.

1856 W. M. Thackeray Christmas Bks. (1872) 21 The two old ladies have taken the brevet rank, and are addressed as Mrs. Jane and Mrs. Betsy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	brevet
释义	brevetn. Brit. /ˈbrɛvɪt/, U.S. /brəˈvɛt/ Forms: Also Middle English breuette, 1700s brevitt. Etymology: < French brevet a note, diminutive of bref letter, etc.: see brief n.¹ †1. An official or authoritative message in writing; esp. a Papal Indulgence. Obsolete.Not in Johnson 1755. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal document > types of legal or official document > [noun] > letter or letters patent lettersc1300 brevet1362 letters patenta1387 patentc1387 missive letter1444 missive bill1522 charter-patent1589 letters overt1717 missive letter1798 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > papal documents > [noun] > bull bull1297 brevet1362 bill1450 pontificala1500 bullock1537 legative bull1548 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. Prol. 71 He bonchede hem with his Breuet and blered heore eiȝen. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 649 I wil go fecche my box with my breuettes. 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. xii This worthy Kyng..Hath his breuettes and his letters sent For his lordes to holde a parlement. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 462 He gave unto them..two brevets or letters to carrie unto the Ephori. 1652 Severall Proc. Parl. No. 109. 2659 Ingaged to signifie that Bul with the Brevet and Excommunication before the King here. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Brevet, a Brief, a Pope's Bull. Old word. a1754 Carte in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) II. 107 Council Brevitts, though of no authority in point of Evidence, yet for Information are often useful. 2. a. An official document granting certain privileges from a sovereign or government; spec. in the Army, a document conferring nominal rank on an officer, but giving no right to extra pay. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > [noun] > document conferring right or privilege privilegec1240 charter?a1250 patentc1387 diplomaa1658 brevet1689 charta1698 codicil1781 society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > appointment to rank > [noun] > document conferring nominal rank brevet1689 1689 Bp. G. Burnet Tracts I. 25 Had a brevet to be a Marischal of France. 1721 London Gaz. No. 5952/2 The Duke of Chartres..holds this Employment by a Brevet only. 1811 Duke of Wellington Let. 14 May in Dispatches (1838) VII. 557 Six Majors..to be promoted by brevet to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 3 When Regiments or Detachments are united..in Camp..the Eldest Officer, whether by brevet or otherwise, is to command the whole. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1819 Edinb. Rev. 31 279 Any blockhead who could produce a sonnet..obtained a brevet of poet. 1861 Sat. Rev. 23 Nov. 533 The Church..offers an easy entrance to the stupid..a brevet of gentility to those who feel their need of it. 3. a. attributive or quasi-adj., as in brevet officer, brevet rank. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > officer by brevet brevet officer1781 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > officer by brevet > rank of brevet rank1836 1781 A. Hamilton Let. 2 May in Papers (1961) II. 638 I have used the term brevet..as signifying in general all officers not attached to any established corps. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 243 All the commissioned and brevet officers of the army and navy. 1836 Penny Cycl. V. 402/1 Brevet rank does not exist in the royal navy. 1868 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army ⁋27 Captains having the brevet rank of Field Officers..do duty as field Officers in Camp and Garrison. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1829 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. x. 357 One of those accredited ghost tales which attain a sort of brevet rank as true. 1856 W. M. Thackeray Christmas Bks. (1872) 21 The two old ladies have taken the brevet rank, and are addressed as Mrs. Jane and Mrs. Betsy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). brevetv. Brit. /ˈbrɛvɪt/, U.S. /brəˈvɛt/ Forms: Past tense and participle breveted. Etymology: < brevet n.: compare French breveter. transitive. To raise to a certain rank by brevet; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > accord social rank to [verb (transitive)] > elevate or raise to a higher position > by brevet brevet1839 1839 Fraser's Mag. 20 519 Women, in the court of France, were but just brevetted to the rank of ladies. 1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand iv. 18 He is colonel now; has been breveted a brigadier-general. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1362v.1839
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