But once started, I allowed no second petitioner to deflect or abbreviate my entreaties.
Henry Howarth Bashford, Augustus Carp, Esq.
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Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
— to make briefer
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Collins
— If you abbreviate something, especially a word or a piece of writing, you make it shorter.
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Other Word Forms
abbreviated
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abbreviating
Usage
1 use of ‘abbreviate’ in Augustus Carp, Esq., by Henry Howarth Bashford