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abbreviate (v.)
mid-15c., from Latin
abbreviatus
, past participle of
abbreviare
"to shorten" (see
abbreviation
). Also sometimes 15c.
abbrevy
, from Middle French
abrevier
(14c.), from Latin
abbreviare
. Related:
Abbreviated
;
abbreviating
.
