apocopate

 [uh-pok-uh-peyt]  

a·poc·o·pate

   [uh-pok-uh-peyt]
verb (used with object), a·poc·o·pat·ed, a·poc·o·pat·ing.
to shorten by apocope.
Origin:
1850–55; v. use of apocopate (adj.) curtailed, docked. See apocope, -ate1

Related forms
a·poc·o·pa·tion, noun
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apocopate (əˈpɒkəˌpeɪt)
 
—vb
(tr) to omit the final sound or sounds of (a word)
 
apoco'pation
 
—n

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