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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Brevet \Bre*vet"\ (br[-e]*v[e^]t"; 277), noun [F. brevet, LL. brevetum, fr. L. brevis short. See {Brief}.]
1. A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity. [French usage].
2. (Mil.) A commission giving an officer higher rank than that for which he receives pay; an honorary promotion of an officer.
Note: In the United States army, rank by brevet is conferred, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for ''gallant actions or meritorious services.'' A brevet rank gives no right of command in the particular corps to which the officer brevetted belongs, and can be exercised only by special assignment of the President, or on court martial, and detachments composed of different corps, with pay of the brevet rank when on such duty.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Brevet \Bre*vet"\ (br[-e]*v[e^]t"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Brevetted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brevetting}.] (Mil.) To confer rank upon by brevet.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Brevet \Bre*vet"\, adjective (Mil.) Taking or conferring rank by brevet; as, a brevet colonel; a brevet commission.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
brevet
noun: a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay)
verb: promote somebody by brevet, in the military [also: {brevetting}, {brevetted}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "brevet": agency, agentship, appointment, assignment, authority, authorization, bull, care, charge, charter, commission, commissioning, commitment, concession, consignment, cure, declaration, decree, decree-law, decreement, decretal, decretum, delegated authority, delegation, deputation, devolution, devolvement, dictum, diktat, diploma, edict, edictum, embassy, empowerment, entrusting, entrustment, errand, executorship, exequatur, factorship, fiat, franchise, full power, grant, ipse dixit, jurisdiction, law, legation, letters patent, liberty, license, lieutenancy, mandate, mission, office, ordinance, ordonnance, patent, plenipotentiary power, power of attorney, power to act, proclamation, procuration, pronouncement, pronunciamento, proxy, purview, regency, regentship, rescript, responsibility, royal grant, rule, ruling, senatus consult, senatus consultum, task, trust, trusteeship, ukase, vicarious authority, warrant
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