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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.
3. <biology> Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
See: abridge.
Origin: L. Abbreviatus, p.p. Of abbreviare; ad + breviare to shorten, fr. Brevis short.
(11 Mar 1998)
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