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Apocopation

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a⋅poc⋅o⋅pate

[uh-pok-uh-peyt]
–verb (used with object), -pat⋅ed, -pat⋅ing.
to shorten by apocope.

Origin:
1850–55; v. use of apocopate (adj.) curtailed, docked. See apocope, -ate 1


a⋅poc⋅o⋅pa⋅tion, noun
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