BREVE
\bɹˈiːv], \bɹˈiːv], \b_ɹ_ˈiː_v]\
Definitions of BREVE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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 (as thus: / ), but is now made oval, with a line perpendicular to the staff on each of its sides; -- formerly much used for choir service.
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Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.
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The great ant thrush of Sumatra (Pitta gigas), which has a very short tail.
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A curved mark [] used commonly to indicate the short quantity of a vowel.
By Oddity Software
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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 (as thus: / ), but is now made oval, with a line perpendicular to the staff on each of its sides; -- formerly much used for choir service.
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Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.
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The great ant thrush of Sumatra (Pitta gigas), which has a very short tail.
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A curved mark [] used commonly to indicate the short quantity of a vowel.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
