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Word: Breve
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: variant of brief. In the musical sense, the term was originally used in a series where a long was of greater time value than a breve
briːv
a note, rarely used in modern music, having the time value of two semibreves, and represented as a semibreve with two short bars either side, or as a square.
Short Definition:note, rarely used in modern music, having time value of two semibreves
a written or printed mark (˘) indicating a short or unstressed vowel.
Short Definition:written or printed mark (˘) indicating short or unstressed vowel
an authoritative letter from a pope or monarch.
Short Definition:authoritative letter from pope or monarch
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