Abbreviate \Ab*bre"vi*ate\ ([a^]b*br[=e]"v[i^]*[=a]t), 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.
      
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            It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting,
            another by cutting off.               --Bacon.
      
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   2. (Math.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
      
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Abbreviated \Ab*bre"vi*a`ted\ ([a^]b*br[=e]"v[i^]*[=a]`t[e^]d),
   a.
   Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.
   
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