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abbreviatory, a.|əˈbriːvɪətərɪ|
[f. L. abbreviāt- ppl. stem of abbreviāre: see abbreviate + -ory.]
Tending to abbreviate or shorten.
1847In Craig. 1935G. K. Zipf Psycho-Biol. of Lang. (1936) iii. 93 These abbreviatory phonetic changes may be ‘spontaneous’, or accentual, or assimilatory, or dissimilatory. 1943Mind LII. 268 In his notation for proofs, Quine uses ingenious abbreviatory devices. |