Abbreviate

v. t.	1.	To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken. [imp. & p. p. Abbreviated ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Abbreviating.] It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off. - Bacon.
	2.	(Math.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
a.	1.	Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
	2.	(Biol.) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
n.	1.	An abridgment.

Verb	1.	abbreviate - shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"
	2.	abbreviate - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" Synonyms: abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, reduce, cut

abstract, attenuate, be telegraphic, blot out, blue-pencil, bob, boil down, bowdlerize, cancel, capsulize, censor, circumscribe, clip, coarct, compact, concentrate, consolidate, constrict, constringe, contract, cramp, crop, cross out, cut back, cut down, cut off short, cut short, decrease, delete, dock, draw, draw in, draw together, edit, edit out, elide, epitomize, erase, expunge, expurgate, extenuate, foreshorten, kill, knit, mow, narrow, nip, omit, poll, pollard, prune, pucker, pucker up, purse, reap, recap, recapitulate, rescind, retrench, rub out, shave, shear, slash, snub, solidify, strangle, strangulate, strike, strike off, strike out, stunt, sum up, summarize, synopsize, take in, telescope, truncate, void, waste no words, wrinkle

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