Abbreviate
Abbreviate (ab*brē"vi*āt) , transitive verb
[Latin abbreviatus, past participle of abbreviare; ad + breviare to shorten, from 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.
2.
(Mathematics) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
Abbreviate (ab*brē"vi*at) , adjective
[Latin abbreviatus, p. p.]
1.
Abbreviated; abridged; shortened. [Rare]
The abbreviate form.
2.
(Biology) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
Abbreviate , noun
An abridgment. [Obsolete] — Elyot