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- verb Present participle of
abbreviate .
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Examples
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It is written on a piece of vellum in a gothic script, and it is difficult to read -- not only because the style of handwriting is unfamiliar, but also because of the method of abbreviating words that is peculiar to medieval Latin.
Carolyn Vega: King John's 1205 Charter Carolyn Vega 2011
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It is written on a piece of vellum in a gothic script, and it is difficult to read -- not only because the style of handwriting is unfamiliar, but also because of the method of abbreviating words that is peculiar to medieval Latin.
Carolyn Vega: King John's 1205 Charter Carolyn Vega 2011
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That means people have been abbreviating Christ with an X (or an XP) for 1700 years.
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It is written on a piece of vellum in a gothic script, and it is difficult to read -- not only because the style of handwriting is unfamiliar, but also because of the method of abbreviating words that is peculiar to medieval Latin.
Carolyn Vega: King John's 1205 Charter Carolyn Vega 2011
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But, on the other hand, we do say "the Savannah River Site" if we're not abbreviating it.
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The 31-year-old Maggie Q was born Maggie Quigley, abbreviating her name when she launched her acting career in Asia.
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"It said 'Andy Richards is a c ...'," the police community support officer (PCSO) recalls, delicately abbreviating the insult.
Cuts could put paid to fledgling 'big society' schemes Rachel Williams 2010
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Of course, this is not what they are asking, so the question is meaningless as phrased (unless you are abbreviating): they should have asked, "did you ever believe as an adult".
Belief in Communism, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The 31-year-old Maggie Q was born Maggie Quigley, abbreviating her name when she launched her acting career in Asia.
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Boys who used chatspeak and abbreviations more frequently were poorer spellers, but girls who used more abbreviations were better spellers than their non-abbreviating ohorts.
The benefits of chatspeak ewillett 2009
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