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Abbreviate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To shorten; to make shorter by contracting the parts. [In this sense, not much used, nor often applied to material substances.]

2. To shorten; to abridge by the omission or defalcation of a part; to reduce to a smaller compass; as to abbreviate a writing.

3. In mathematics, to reduce fractions to the lowest terms.

Abbreviate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

Abbreviate [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Abbreviate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.

2. To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

Abbreviated [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Shortened; reduced in length; abridged.

2. In botany an abbreviated perianth is shorter than the rube of the corol.

Abbreviated [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.

Abbreviated [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913