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AbbreviateAbbreviate Ab*bre"vi*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abbreviated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Abbreviating.] [L. abbreviatus, p. p. of
abbreviare; ad + breviare to shorten, fr. brevis short. See
Abridge.]
1. To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by
contraction or omission, especially of words written or
spoken.
It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting,
another by cutting off. --Bacon.
2. (Math.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction. Abbreviate
Abbreviate Ab*bre"vi*ate, a. [L. abbreviatus, p. p.]
1. Abbreviated; abridged; shortened. [R.] ``The abbreviate
form.' --Earle.
2. (Biol.) Having one part relatively shorter than another or
than the ordinary type.
Abbreviate
Abbreviate Ab*bre"vi*ate, n.
An abridgment. [Obs.] --Elyot.
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