† decurtationn.
Obsolete.
Shortening, abridging, or cutting down.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [noun] > making short or shorter
shortinga1390
abbreviationc1487
decurtation1652
abbreviature1659
shortening1796
apocopation1873
curtailment1878
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > abbreviation or contraction
syncope1530
syncopation?1533
accurtation?c1570
decurtation1652
paresis1885
suspension1896
decaudation1897
clipping1933
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια To Rdr. sig. *v Ambiguous equivocations, affected decurtations, sophisticated expressions.
a1662 P. Heylyn Cosmographie (1682) iii. 38/2 By the like decurtation we have turned Hispania unto Spain.
1700 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 22 568 The Contraction..is performed by the decurtation or shortening of the Fleshy Fibres.
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