Past tense of brevet; to have granted a brevet commission or promotion to a military officer without increase in pay.
From 'brevet' (noun) converted to verb form, with the regular English past tense suffix '-ed,' making it into standard English verb conjugation.
This word shows the military's somewhat cynical approach to recognizing merit—an officer could be 'breveted' to captain but still earn a lieutenant's salary, which meant you got the prestige but not the paycheck.
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