Abbreviate

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Abbreviate [1]

(1): (n.) An abridgment.

(2): (v. t.) To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.

(3): (v. t.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

(4): (a.) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.

(5): (a.) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

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