Middle English Dictionary Entry
abbreviāten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | abbreviāten v. Forms: p. abbrevited; ppl. abbreviāt. |
| Etymology | From L ppl. abbreviāt-um. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Shorten or abstract (a story, a set of plays, etc.); shorten (a period of time).
Associated quotations
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.1/4 : Thys Abbreuyat Tretesse.
- (1455) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15148 : The sawter abbreuyat.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.21 : Bookes..whom Iustinus..did abbreuiate.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)3.133 : lxxti wekes be abbreuiate on thy people..Gabriel callede the wekes abbreuiate, that we scholde vnderstonde..thei be schorter.
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)2/15 : This matter he Abbrevited into playes twenty foure.