1) Drop the last syllable 2) To shorten by apocope
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• (a.) Alt. of Apocopated • (v. t.) To cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
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A·poc'o·pate transitive verb [ Late Latin
apocopatus , past participle of
apocopare to cut off, from Latin
apocore . See
Apocope .]
(Gram.) To cut off or drop; as, to
apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
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