Middle English Dictionary Entry
ab(b)reviāciǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ab(b)reviāciǒun n. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Shortness; (b) abridgement (of a story, etc.); an abstract or summary.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)6a/a : Of abbreuiacioun [*Ch.(2): schortenesse] & reuersacioun of the palpebrez.
b
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)17 : Of these thre sones grew al mankynde in this world, and be what order here schul ȝe have abreviacioun.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)315 : It myte be cleped rather Abbreviacion of Cronicles than a book.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)5.25 : Trogus Pompeius..did write as alle the storyes of the worlde..The abbreviacion of whom Iustinus his disciple and writer off storyes made.