Definition of abbreviate

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Abbreviate (v. t.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction..

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Master :: Master (n.) A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced mister, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written Mister, but usually abbreviated to Mr..
Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (a.) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
Ultimo :: Ultimo () In the month immediately preceding the present; as, on the 1st ultimo; -- usually abbreviated to ult. Cf. Proximo..
Scandalum Magnatum :: Scandalum magnatum () A defamatory speech or writing published to the injury of a person of dignity; -- usually abbreviated scan. mag.
Videlicet :: Videlicet (adv.) To wit; namely; -- often abbreviated to viz.
Metencephalon :: Metencephalon (n.) The posterior part of the brain, including the medulla; the afterbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to meten..
Mister :: Mister (n.) A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a man or youth. It is usually written in the abbreviated form Mr.
Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (a.) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
Varietas :: Varietas (n.) A variety; -- used in giving scientific names, and often abbreviated to var..
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..
Contraction :: Contraction (n.) Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word or phrase; -- as, plenipo for plenipotentiary; crim. con. for criminal conversation, etc..
Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (n.) An abridgment.
Versus :: Versus (prep.) Against; as, John Doe versus Richard Roe; -- chiefly used in legal language, and abbreviated to v. or vs..
Messieurs :: Messieurs (n. pl.) Sirs; gentlemen; -- abbreviated to Messrs., which is used as the plural of Mr..
Period :: Period (n.) The punctuation point [.] that marks the end of a complete sentence, or of an abbreviated word..
Exchange :: Exchange (n.) The process of setting accounts or debts between parties residing at a distance from each other, without the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts, called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one country and payable in another, in which case they are called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and made payable in the same country, in which case they are called inland bills. The term bill of exchange is often abbreviated into exchange; as, to buy or sell exchange.
Abbreviator :: Abbreviator (n.) One who abbreviates or shortens.
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..
Ibidem :: Ibidem (adv.) In the same place; -- abbreviated ibid. or ib.
Abbreviature :: Abbreviature (n.) An abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form.
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