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/bɹiːv/ · noun
(orthography, printing) A semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short..
But what, are you puzzling in your pockets to seek your only memorial among old play bills, letters requesting a meeting of the Faculty, rules of the Speculative Society, syllabus' of lectures—all the miscellaneous contents of a young lawyer's pocket, which contains every thing but brieves and bank-notes?
Use breve when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Breve means (orthography, printing) A semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short..
Common synonyms include micron.
Possible antonyms include macron.
But what, are you puzzling in your pockets to seek your only memorial among old play bills, letters requesting a meeting of the Faculty, rules of the Speculative Society, syllabus' of lectures—all the miscellaneous contents of a young lawyer's pocket, which contains every thing but brieves and bank-notes?
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