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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Abbreviate \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Abbreviate \Ab*bre"vi*ate\, n. An abridgment. [Obs.] --Elyot. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: abbreviate v 1: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" [syn: {abridge}, {foreshorten}, {shorten}, {cut}, {contract}, {reduce}] 2: shorten, as of words "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'."
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