Found 2 items, similar to abbreviate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: abbreviate abbreviate v 1: shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'" 2: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; “The manuscript must be shortened” [syn: abridge, foreshorten, shorten, cut, contract, reduce] [ant: elaborate]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Abbreviate Abbreviate \Ab*bre"vi*ate\, 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.] 1. To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken. [1913 Webster] It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. (Math.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction. [1913 Webster] Abbreviate \Ab*bre"vi*ate\, a. [L. abbreviatus, p. p.] 1. Abbreviated; abridged; shortened. [R.] “The abbreviate form.” --Earle. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type. [1913 Webster] Abbreviate \Ab*bre"vi*ate\, n. An abridgment. [Obs.] --Elyot. [1913 Webster]