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apocopating

apocopating is the present participle and gerund of apocopate.

Meaning of apocopate

Verb

apocopate (third-person singular simple present apocopates, present participle apocopating, simple past and past participle apocopated)

  1. To shorten using apocope; to remove the final sound or syllable.
    • The particles which apocopate the final vowel of the aorist are of two kinds: I. Those which apocopate the final vowel of one verb only. II. Those which apocopate the final vowel of two verbs.1904, Robert Sterling, A Grammar of the Arabic Language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, →OCLC, page 229
  2. (intransitive) To undergo apocope.
    • "Ciento" apocopates to "cien" before nouns or numbers larger than itself.1999, Gene Hammitt, Ricardo Gutiérrez Mouat, William Stivers, The Best Test Preparation for the SAT II, Subject Test: Spanish, Piscataway, NJ: Research & Education Association, →ISBN, page R-195

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Questions about apocopating

What is apocopating the present participle and gerund of?
Apocopating is the present participle and gerund of apocopate.

Words near apocopating in the dictionary

  1. apocolpium
  2. apocolypse
  3. apocopate
  4. apocopated
  5. apocopates
  6. apocopating
  7. apocopation
  8. apocopations
  9. apocope
  10. apocoped
  11. apocopes

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