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▪ I. apocopate, ppl. a.|əˈpɒkəpeɪt, -ət|
[ad. mod.L. apocopāt-us, ppl. adj. f. apocope.]
Cut short by apocope. (Used spec. of words from which the last letter or syllable has disappeared.)
c1850Pinnock's Heb. Catech. 20 The apocopate future..occurs only in the second and third person.
▪ II. apocopate, v.|əˈpɒkəpeɪt|
[f. as prec.]
To cut off (esp. the last letter or syllable of a word).
1851S. Judd Margaret ii. i. (1871) 168 You apocopate that from the alphabet and Deacon Hadlock will apocopate you from the school. |