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abbreviate

(/@/'br/i/v/i/,/eI/t )

reduce in scope while retaining essential elements(verb.change)

Synonym:
abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten
Antonym:
dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate

source: wordnet30
shorten(verb.change)

Example:
Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'.

source: wordnet30
To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.(verb)

source: webster1913

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