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frenare, refrenare, coercere, continere, 
compriinere, repriinere. 
BRIEF, brevis; angustus, concisus, 
astrictus, pressus .—A brief narration, nar- 
ratio brevis. — To be brief (of a speaker), 
brevem (opp. to longuin) esse; brevita- 
tem adhibere in aliqna re, brevitati ser- 
vire. — Time itself forces me to be brief, 
breviloquentem me ternpus ipsum facit. 
— Be brief with it, in pauca confer, ver- 
bo dicas, prujcide- To be brief (make 
short), in brief, ut in pauca conferam, ne 
longurn faciam, ne longus sim, ut ad 
pauca redeain, ut paucis dicam ; ne 
multa, ne plura, quid multa? ad sum- 
main. — This is the brief of the thing, hiec 
summa est. 
Brief, subst. literoe ; diploma; index. 
Briefly, breviter, paucis (sc. verbis), 
strictim, carptim, quasi prateriens ; 
astride, presse. — To speak or write 
briefly, breviter dicere, paucis dicere, 
brevi prtecidere ; paucis or breviter scri- 
bere or perscribere. — Briefly, but well, 
paucis quidem, sed bene. — Briefly and 
conclusively, contorte. — To touch briefly, 
aliquid leviter tangere, breviter or stric¬ 
tim attingere. — To give, briefly, paucis 
verbis reddere, exponere, comprehen- 
dere. 
Brief nes3, Brevity, brevitas (dicendi); 
breviloquentia (as a quality) _ The ex¬ 
pressive brevity of Thucydides, astricta 
brevitas Thucydidis. — With all possible 
brevity, quam brevissime. 
Breviary, epitome, sumtnarium, brevia- 
rium; (of the Romish church), breviarium, 
precationum liber. 
BRIER, vepres, spina, dumus, sentis. — 
A little brier, veprecula. — A place for 
briers growing, vepretum, dumetum, 
spinetum, locus vepribus plenus. — 
Dog-brier, sentis canis, cynosbatos, ru- 
bus cariinus. — Of briers, spineus. 
Briery, spinosus. 
BRIGADE, caterva; ala (of cavalry). 
Brigadier, ductor catervte or alae. 
BRIGAND, latro. 
BRIGANTINE, celox ( swift-sailer) ; na¬ 
vis piratica or pnedatoria (pirate). - 
IT (coat of mail), lorica. 
BRIGHT, clarus, lucidus, illustris, niti- 
dus, nitens, splendidus, splendens, mi- 
cans, fulgens ; (of the clear sky), sere- 
nus ; (transparent), pellucidus. — Bright 
eyes, oculi vegeti, micantes, clari, radi- 
antes, ardentes, etc. — A fiery-bright 
comet, cometes fulgens, ardens. — A 
bright constellation, clarum sidus. — The 
sky becomes bright, disserenascit ; (at 
dawn), lucescit, illucescit. — To be 
bright, clarum, illustrem, etc., esse ; cla- 
rere, lucere, collucere, nitere, splende- 
re, micare, fulgere. — To become bright, 
clarum, etc., fieri; clarescere, nitescere, 
splendescere. — The brass is bright with 
use, tera nitent usu. — Bright days 
(fig.), dies lteti, candidi soles. - 
H (illustrious), clarus, splendidus, illus¬ 
tris, magnificus, prieclarus. — Bright 
deeds, magnifies res gestai, facta splen- 
dida.- 1 bright name, nomen illustre. 
— To be bright, splendere, fulgere, ni¬ 
tere, enitere,elucere_IT (beautiful), 
nitidus, nitens.-IT (acute, ingenious), 
acutus, perspicax, sollers, ingeniosus.— 
A man of bright parts, homo ingeniosus 
(et sollers), prrestanti ingenio praeditus. 
Brightly, Clare, lucide, etc. 
Brightness, claritas, splendor, fulgor, 
nitor, candor; (transparency), pellucidi- 
fas-— The fiery brightness of the comet 
had overcome the milder brightness of the 
sun, Stella cometes fulgore suo solis ni- 
torem vicerat. — The brightness (clear¬ 
ness) of the sky, weather, serenitas, sere- 
num. — Virtue has a brightness of her 
own, virtus splendet per se. — To lose 
brightness (of a thing), obsolescere. — 
Brightness of intellect, acies mentis, in¬ 
genii ; ingenii acumen. — The brightness 
of glory, fulgor glorise. 
Brighten (enlighten), illuminare, illustra- 
re; (polish), polire ; (gladden), hilarare, 
exhilarare. — To brighten a man up, ali- 
quem exhilarare. — the countenance, ex¬ 
hilarare vultum, frontem explicare. — 
the mind, nubila animi serenare, ab ani- 
mo caliginem dispellere ; acuere men- 
f em > ingenium. - || v. n. illustrari, 
1 luminari ; nitescere, splendescere ; 
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diffundi, hilarem se facere. — The sky 
brightens, cceli serenitas redditur, riubes 
discutiuntur, disserenascit. — His face 
brightens up, frons or vultus se explicat. 
BRILLIANT, splendens, splendidus, ful¬ 
gens ; magnificus, prieclarus. 
BRiLLiANT,s)ii4't. adamas quadratisareolis. 
BRIM, niargo, ora, labrum. — of a cup, 
poculi ora; or labra.-IT (upper sur¬ 
face), summus, with a substantive ; as, 
the brim of the water, summa aqua. 
Brimful, ad margines(oras, labra) plenus. 
BRIMSTONE, sulphur. — Of brimstone, 
sulphureus. — Full of brimstone, sulphu- 
rosus. — Saturated with it, sulphuratus. 
BRINDED, maculosi coloris, maculosus; 
albis maculis ; varii or disparis coloris, 
discolor. 
BRINE, aqua salsa; (for pickling), salsu- 
ra, salsamentum, muria: fig. mare (sal- 
sum) ; lacrim® (sals®). 
Briny, salsus. 
BRING, ferre, afferre, apportare, adduce¬ 
re, perducere ; advehere (by a vehicle nr 
ship ) ; importare (bring into the country)-, 
educere (lead out, e. g. a horse ); ducere 
(lead ); deducere (bring on his way, espe¬ 
cially for honor’s sake) in locum, comita- 
ri (accompany). — To bring (attend) one 
home, domum aliquem deducere. — To 
bring one to a person that he may be taught 
by him, aliquem deducere ad aliquem”— 
'To bring an offering, sacra facere. — 
Bring the horse, equum adducas. — 
Bring me water for my hands, eedo 
aquam manibus. — He brought Ids mes¬ 
sage, letter, mandata, Fiteras”pertulit_ 
The south wind brings rain, austerappor- 
tat imbres. — To bring from one place to 
another, deferre, deportare, deducere.— 
To bring word, nuntiare ; again, renun- 
tiare. — To bring a proposition before the 
people, rogationem ir legem ad populuin 
ferre; a thing before the senate, rem 
ad senatum referre. — To bring to light, 
proferre in lucem, e tenebris eruere” — 
To bringupon the carpet, in medium pro¬ 
ferre. — To bring very many misfortunes 
upon a man’s house or family, plurima 
mala in domum alicujus inferre. — To 
bring trouble, molestias creare.-IT / 
have brought the thing to that pass, that, 
&c., eo rem deduxi, rem hue deduxi, 
ut, etc. — To bring to extremity, ad sum- 
mam desperationem or in summum 
discrimen adducere aliquem. — To 
bring into doubt , in dubium vocare, de- 
vocare, revocare. — To bring one to bet¬ 
ter thoughts, ad sanitatem aliquem revo¬ 
care. — To bring to nothing, pessum 
dare, ad nihilum or ad irritum redige- 
re. —To bring to ruin, pessum dare, per- 
dere, ad interitum vocare, pnEcipitare.— 
to poverty, ad inopiam redigere.— to re¬ 
membrance, memoriam alicujus rei repe- 
tere, revocare; to another’s remembrance, 
alicui aliquid in memoriam revocare or 
reducere. — into subjection, iri ditionem 
suam (or alicujus) redigere, ditioni sus 
subjicere. — to an account , ad calculos 
vocare. — to pass, efficere, perficere, ad 
efFectum ducere. — to an end, absolvere, 
perficere, ad finera adducere,.ad exitum 
perducere.—IT To bring (move, persuade) 
one to a thing, aliquem ad aliquid adduce¬ 
re or perducere; persuadere alicui lit,etc.; 
elicere (entice, coax) aliquem ad aliquid. 
—I cannot be brought to believe this, addu- 
ci non possum, ut credam, hoc esse; ad- 
duci non possum, ut hoc sit. — / cannot 
bring myself to, &c., ab animo meo im- 
petrare non possum, ut, etc.; non susti- 
neo ( with infin., or accus. and infin.). - 
IT To bring, i. e. to produce, yield, ferre, 
efficere ; efferre, proferre ; (cause), af¬ 
ferre, parere, movere; (afford), prtebere, 
dare. — To bring one honor, honori esse 
alicui. — To bring a great price, magno 
venire ; magni pretii esse.-|| Bring 
about, efficere, perficere, ad effectum 
perducere, patrare. — I will bring it 
about for you, hoc tibi effectum reddam. 
-|| Bring back, referre, reducere, re- 
portare. — word, renuntiare. — To bring 
one back to duty, aliquem ad bonam fru- 
gem revocare.-|| Bringdown, defer¬ 
re, deducere, devocare: (lessen, humble , 
break. Sec.), minuere, imminuere, leva- 
re, elevare, debilitare, attenuare, atte- 
rere, infirmare, frangere, enervare, la- 
befactare: (completely), pessum dare, 
evertere. — To bring- down a history U 
the present time, bistoriam ad nostro 
tempora deducere. -- Ij Bring forth 
(bear, produce), parere ; ferre, efferre. 
proferre ; movere, creare ; (bring for¬ 
ward), proferre, producere.-|| Bring 
forward, proferre, producere ; in medi¬ 
um proferre; (propose), proponere, (le¬ 
gem) ferre; (advance), augere, adauge- 
re, fovere, attollere. — witnesses, tes¬ 
tes proferre. — an argument, argumen- 
tum afferre-|| Bring in, inferre, im¬ 
portare, invehere ; ducere, introducere 
in, etc.; (cite), proferre, afferre. - 
IT (introduce, exhibit), aliquem loquen- 
tem or disputantem inducere or facere, 
personam (a fictitious personage) introdu¬ 
cere. - IT (bring into currency or 
use), inducere, introducere, instituere. 
—foreign usages, peregrinos ritus ascis- 
cere.- (reduce), ad officiuni redu¬ 
cere, ad officium redire cogere; armis 
subigere. -IT (yield, produce), ferre, 
efficere, reddere. — The land brings in 
eightfold, ager effert or efficit cum octa- 
yo. — The money which the mines brina- 
in, pecunia quas redit (pecuniie quas fa- 
cio) ex metallis.-|| Bring off (save, 
clear), servare, conservare, eripere (ali¬ 
cui rei or ex aliqua re), vindicare 
(re or at re), retrahere (ab re), sal- 
vum prastare, avertere (ab aliqua 
re)- -|| Bring on, aliquem in aux- 
ilium or consilium vocare; aliquem so- 
cium assumere or sibi adjungere : (pro¬ 
duce), movere, commovere, ciere, conci- 
tare, excitare.-|| Bring over to his 
own side, in partes suas ducere or trahe- 
re.- || Bring out, in lucem proferre, 
protrahere ; aperire, patefacere, detege- 
re, manifestum facere ; arguere, coar- 
giiere, evincere.-|| Bring together, 
comportare, conferre, congerere,”coge¬ 
re, colligere, contrahere. -|| Bring 
under, armis subigere, ditioni suae sub¬ 
jicere ; reprimere, coercere; in officium 
reducere. - || Bring up, educare (see 
Breed). - IT To bring up the army, ex- 
ercitum adducere. — The soldiers who- 
brought up the rear, milites qui agmen. 
claudebant or cogebant. 
BRINK, margo,labrum, ora, extremitas. 
BRISK, vegetus, vigens, vividus, alacer, 
hilaris, lstus, ardens, acer, impiger, 
vehemens, fervidus. — Brisk wines, vi-- 
na volida, fervida- To be brisk, vigere. 
Briskly, alacri animo, acriter, hilare, la¬ 
te, vehementer, cum vi_ The work 
goes on briskly, fervet opus. 
Briskness, vigor, ardor or fervor animi, 
vis, alacritas, bilaritas. 
BRISKET of beef, pectus casibovis. 
BRISTLE, seta. — His bristles rise, set® 
horrescunt. — -A boar’s back with the 
bristles set up, terga horrentia ligidis 
setis. 
To Bristle, horrescere, horrere; setas 
erigere. — The hair bristles upon his 
arms, brachia horrescunt villis. - i pha¬ 
lanx bristling with spears, phalanx hor- 
rens hastis. — Bristling spears, hast® 
horrentes. 
Bristly, setosus ; (like bristles), hirsutus, 
horridus. 
BRITAIN, Britannia. 
British, Britannicus 
Briton, Britannns. 
BRITTLE, fragilis (prop, andfig.), friabi- 
lis ; — caducus (fig.). 
Brittleness, fragilitas. 
BROACH, veru. 
To Broach (spit), veru (veribus) figeie. 
-IT To broach, a cask, dolium reline- 
re (after the Roman way) ; (terebr-3.) do¬ 
lium aperire ; primum de dolio haurire. 
— To broach the sacred fountains, sacros 
fontes aperire, recludere. — To broach 
(disclose, reveal), aperire, in lucem pro¬ 
ferre or protrahere, illustrare et excita- 
re ; in vulgus dare or edere, divulgare 
— To broach an error, erroris esse auc— 
torem, parentem. 
BROAD (wide), latus ; (spreading), patu- 
lus ; (large), amplus, spatiosus, laxus, 
magnus. — A ditch five feet broad, fossa 
quinque pedes lata. — The plain is three 
miles broad, planities in latitudinem tria 
millia passuum patet. — To be two inches- 
broader than, diiobus digitis excedere_ 
To wax broad, in latitudinem diffundi. 
— A broad spreading beech, patula fagus, 
