brief

brief has 18 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• a.. Short in duration.
• a.. Concise; terse; succinct.
• a.. Rife; common; prevalent.
• adv.. Briefly.
• adv.. Soon; quickly.
• a.. A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words.
• a.. An epitome.
• a.. An abridgment or concise statement of a client's case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at law. This word is applied also to a statement of the heads or points of a law argument.
• a.. A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2.
• n.. A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence.
• n.. A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
• v. t.. To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings.