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abbreviatures

abbreviatures is the plural of abbreviature.

Meaning of abbreviature

Noun

abbreviature (countable and uncountable, plural abbreviatures)

  1. An abridgment; a compendium; an abstract.
    • This is an excellent abbreviature of the whole duty of a Christian.a. 1667, Jeremy Taylor, Via Pacis
  2. (obsolete) An abbreviated state or form.
  3. A shortened form of a word or phrase, used in place of the whole; an abbreviation.
    • The hand of PROVIDENCE writes often by abbreviatures, hieroglyphicks or short characters […]1716, Thomas Browne, edited by Samuel Johnson, Christian Morals, 2nd edition, London: J. Payne, published 1756, Part I, p. 37
  4. (obsolete) The process of abbreviating.

Questions about abbreviatures

What is abbreviatures the plural of?
Abbreviatures is the plural of abbreviature.

Words near abbreviatures in the dictionary

  1. abbreviator
  2. abbreviatorily
  3. abbreviators
  4. abbreviatory
  5. abbreviature
  6. abbreviatures
  7. abbrevn
  8. abbrevns
  9. abbrevs
  10. abbrevs.
  11. abbrochment

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