English Dictionary: abbreviate | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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.] [bd]The abbreviate form.[b8] --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. |