Definition of abbreviate

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Abbreviate (v. t.) To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken..

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Versus :: Versus (prep.) Against; as, John Doe versus Richard Roe; -- chiefly used in legal language, and abbreviated to v. or vs..
Abbreviated :: Abbreviated (imp. & p. p.) of Abbreviat.
Notation :: Notation (n.) Any particular system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. Esp., the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity, or operations..
Scandalum Magnatum :: Scandalum magnatum () A defamatory speech or writing published to the injury of a person of dignity; -- usually abbreviated scan. mag.
Contraction :: Contraction (n.) Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word or phrase; -- as, plenipo for plenipotentiary; crim. con. for criminal conversation, etc..
International :: International (n.) The International; an abbreviated from of the title of the International Workingmen's Association, the name of an association, formed in London in 1864, which has for object the promotion of the interests of the industrial classes of all nations..
Abbreviature :: Abbreviature (n.) An abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form.
Varietas :: Varietas (n.) A variety; -- used in giving scientific names, and often abbreviated to var..
Ladykin :: Ladykin (n.) A little lady; -- applied by the writers of Queen Elizabeth's time, in the abbreviated form Lakin, to the Virgin Mary..
Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (a.) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
Abbreviatory :: Abbreviatory (a.) Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.
Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (a.) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
Breviate :: Breviate (v. t.) To abbreviate.
Abbreviator :: Abbreviator (n.) One who abbreviates or shortens.
Rinforzando :: Rinforzando (a.) Increasing; strengthening; -- a direction indicating a sudden increase of force (abbreviated rf., rfz.) Cf. Forzando, and Sforzando..
Myelencephalon :: Myelencephalon (n.) The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis; the neuron. Sometimes abbreviated to myelencephal.
Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (n.) An abridgment.
New Year''s Day :: New Year's Day () the first day of a calendar year; the first day of January. Often colloquially abbreviated to New year's or new year.
Diencephalon :: Diencephalon (n.) The interbrain or thalamencephalon; -- sometimes abbreviated to dien. See Thalamencephalon.
Abbreviated :: Abbreviated (a.) Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.
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