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abbreviate adjective & noun. LME.
[Late Latin abbreviatus pa. pple, formed as ABBREVIATE verb: see -ATE2.]
A. adjective.
Shortened, cut short. LME-L17.
Botany & Zoology. Relatively short. M19.
b. noun. An abridgement. Now only Scots Law, a brief notice registering a petition for the sequestration of a bankrupt. M16.