Pa. t. and pple. breveted. [f. prec.: cf. F. breveter.] trans. To raise to a certain rank by brevet; also fig.
1839. Fraser’s Mag., XX. 519. Women, in the court of France, were but just brevetted to the rank of ladies.
1879. Tourgee, Fool’s Err., iv. 18. He is colonel now; has been breveted a brigadier-general.
