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English Dictionary: abbreviate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abbreviate v reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" Synonym(s): abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce Antonym(s): dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abbreviate \Abbre"viate\, 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 \Abbre"viate\, 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 \Abbre"viate\, n. An abridgment. [Obs.] --Elyot.