Definition

To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings.

Other Definitions

This word also has 3 other definitions:

BRIEF (adjective)

1. Short in duration. How brief the life of man. Shak. 2. Concise; terse; succinct. The brief style is that which expresseth much in little. B. Jonso...

BRIEF (adverb)

1. Briefly. [Obs. or Poetic] Adam, faltering long, thus answered brief. Milton. 2. Soon; quickly. [Obs.] Shak.

BRIEF (noun)

1. A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words. Bear this sealed brief, With winged hastle, to the lord marshal. Shak. And she told me...