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71Compendium — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Compendium >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 compend compend compendium Sgm: N 1 abstract abstract precis epitome multum in parvo analysis pandect digest sum and substance brief abridgment …
72brief — [14] Brief comes via Old French bref from Latin brevis ‘short’, which is probably related to Greek brakhús ‘short’, from which English gets the combining form brachy , as in brachycephalic. Latin produced the nominal derivative breve ‘letter’,… …
73abridge — (v.) c.1300, abreggen, to make shorter, to condense, from O.Fr. abregier abridge, diminish, shorten, from L.L. abbreviare make short (see ABBREVIATE (Cf. abbreviate)). The sound development from L. vi to Fr. dg is paralleled in assuage (from… …
74extend — extend, lengthen, elongate, prolong, protract all mean to draw out or add to so as to increase in length. Both extend and lengthen (opposed to shorten) connote an increase of length either in space or in time, but extend is also used to connote… …
75shorten — shorten, curtail, abbreviate, abridge, retrench can all mean to reduce in extent, especially by cutting. Shorten commonly implies reduction in length or duration {shorten a road by eliminating curves} {to shorten a visit} It is also often used of …
76expand — [v1] extend, augment aggrandize, amplify, beef up*, bloat, blow up*, bolster, broaden, bulk up*, burgeon, detail, develop, diffuse, dilate, distend, elaborate, embellish, enlarge, explicate, fan out*, fatten, fill out, grow, heighten, hike,… …
77brief — [14] Brief comes via Old French bref from Latin brevis ‘short’, which is probably related to Greek brakhús ‘short’, from which English gets the combining form brachy , as in brachycephalic. Latin produced the nominal derivative breve ‘letter’,… …
78abbreviature — vēəˌchu̇(ə)r noun ( s) Etymology: Medieval Latin abbreviatura, from Late Latin abbreviatus (past participle of abbreviare to abbreviate) + Latin ura ure more at abbreviate 1. obsolete : abbreviation …
79abbreviatory — /euh bree vee euh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. serving to abbreviate or shorten: IA is an abbreviatory form of Iowa. [1840 50; ABBREVIATE + ORY1] …
80ab|bre´vi|a´tor — ab|bre|vi|ate «uh BREE vee ayt», verb, at|ed, at|ing. –v.t. 1. to make shorter; shorten (a word or phrase) so that a part stands for the whole: »We can abbreviate “inch” to “in.” “Acre” is abbreviated to “a.” by omission, “hour” to “hr.” by… …
