[ad. L. abbrĕviātus shortened, pa. pple. of abbreviā-re, f. ab off, or ? ad to + breviā-re to shorten, f. brevi-s short.] Abridged, shortened, cut short. At first used both as pple. and adj., but afterwards superseded in most senses by the normal pple. ABBREVIATED. Now used chiefly = ABBREVIATED 2.
1530. A proper Dyaloge, 19 (1863). At seynt Edmundesbury … the famous prince duke Humfray of his lyfe was abbreuiate.
1677. Gale, Ct. Gentiles, II. III. 146. I shal give an abbreviate Idea or character of his spirit & zele for God.
1852. J. D. Dana, Crustacea, II. 1078. Penult [joint] abbreviate.
1860. Gosse, Romance Nat. Hist., 357. The muzzle in the latter is more abbreviate.
