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| breve [ brev, breev ] (plural breves) |
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1. mark over short vowel or syllable: a mark, ˘, placed over a vowel to show that it has a short sound or used to show a short or unstressed syllable in poetry
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2. long musical note: a musical note that is equal in length to two whole notes
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| [14th century. Variant of brief] |
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