ABBREVIATING

Verb

abbreviating

present participle of abbreviate

Source: Wiktionary

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ABBREVIATE

Ab*bre"vi*ate, v.t. [imp. & p.p. Abbreviated; p.pr. & vb.n. Abbreviating.] Etym: [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.)

Definition: To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

Ab*bre"vi*ate, a. Etym: [L. abbreviatus, p.p.]

1. Abbreviated; abridged; shortened. [R.] "The abbreviate form." Earle.

2. (Biol.)

Definition: Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

Ab*bre"vi*ate, n.

Definition: An abridgment. [Obs.] Elyot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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