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breve

breve is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.(Law) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.
  2. 2.(Print.) A curved mark [˘] used commonly to indicate the short quantity of a vowel.
  3. 3.(Zoöl.) The great ant thrush of Sumatra (Pitta gigas), which has a very short tail.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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