Abbreviate
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make shorter; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by means of contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken. To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An abridgment.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Abbreviated; abridged; shortened. Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
Abridge
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make shorter; to shorten in duration.To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.To lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.