- abbreviate
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[abbreviate 词源字典] - abbreviate: see brief
[abbreviate etymology, abbreviate origin, 英语词源] - abbreviate (v.)
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- 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.