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   Abbreviate , 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.]
   To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.
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   It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off.
   Bacon.
   
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   (Math.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
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   Abbreviate , a. [L. abbreviatus, p. p.]
    Abbreviated; abridged; shortened. [R.] “The abbreviate form.”
   Earle.
   
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   (Biol.) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
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3.       
   Abbreviate, n. An abridgment. [Obs.]
   Elyot.
   
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