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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Apocopate

· A·poc·o·pate · IPA
01 v. t. To cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
  1. 1.
    To cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.(Gram.)
02 a. Shortened by apocope; as, an apocopate form.
  1. 1.
    Shortened by apocope; as, an apocopate form.