Use ABBREVIATE_BRIEF setting used in another of my projects.

doc/doxygen/Doxyfile.in

@@ -76,7 +76,17 @@ REPEAT_BRIEF           = YES
 # name of the entity): "The $name class" "The $name widget" "The $name file" 
 # "is" "provides" "specifies" "contains" "represents" "a" "an" "the"
 
-ABBREVIATE_BRIEF       = 
+ABBREVIATE_BRIEF       = "The $name class" \
+                         "The $name widget" \
+                         "The $name file" \
+                         is \
+                         provides \
+                         specifies \
+                         contains \
+                         represents \
+                         a \
+                         an \
+                         the
 
 # If the ALWAYS_DETAILED_SEC and REPEAT_BRIEF tags are both set to YES then 
 # Doxygen will generate a detailed section even if there is only a brief