An alternative or archaic form of 'breveted,' meaning to grant a brevet commission to a military officer.
From French past participle 'breveté,' the form used when 'brevet' functions as a verb; represents an older spelling convention that appeared in English military records.
This is a ghost word in English—it appears in old documents but modern writers use 'breveted' instead, showing how language naturalizes foreign terms by changing them to match English patterns.
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