Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AB-BRE'-VI-A'TION
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AB-BRE'-VI-A'TION, n.
- The act of shortening or contracting.
- A letter or a few letters used for a word; as Gen. for Genesis; U. S. A. for United States of America.
- The reduction of fractions to the lowest terms.
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