The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brevet \Bre*vet"\ (br[-e]*v[e^]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brevetted; p. pr. & vb. n. Brevetting.] (Mil.) To confer rank upon by brevet.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of brevet English)
WordNet
n. a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay)
v. promote somebody by brevet, in the military
[also: brevetting, brevetted]
See brevet
Usage examples of "brevetting".
Which began to explain why the Swordmaster had gone to the extremity of brevetting the three of them - he wasn't just, as he had admitted, unsure of the reliability of some of the baronial captains, he was sure of their unreliability, at least under the present circumstances of close confinement, and couldn't count on the ones he could trust to keep the lid firmly on the pot.
These rank tabs were a temporary brevetting, and if this news presaged some new major Tsurani movement into Yabon, the idea of getting out of LaMut had even more appeal than it had before.
Pirojil wouldn't have been surprised if the idea of brevetting the three of them to help keep peace in the city had originated with her, and Steven Argent didn't even know that the seeds had been planted in his mind - perhaps while he was busy trying to plant the seeds of what would officially be Mondegreen's son in her belly, although if she had manipulated the Swordmaster, she had probably been somewhat more subtle than to whisper suggestions while they coupled in the night.