1843 H. C. Watson in W. J. Hooker II. 615 They can acquire a sort of spurious claim to put the abbreviation of their own names along with those of the re-named plants.
1950 23 Sept. 409/1 More new, or renamed, ‘factors’ are on the way, like ‘pro-accelerin’ and ‘pro-convertin’.
2003 Apr.–May 56/1 Hasbro's real genius..came in hiring Marvel Comics to spin a story around these renamed Transformers.