To make brief or short: to abridge.
To shorten; to reduce to a smaller size; to abridge.
To shorten, as by contraction of a word, as Dec. for December.
In compound names, as North Dakota and West Virginia, do not abbreviate one part of the compound and write out the other. "Composition-Rhetoric", Stratton D. Brooks
In compound names, as North Dakota and West Virginia, do not abbreviate one part of the compound and write out the other.
Soft like velvet to the touch; soft and even in sound; as, a velvety tone. ...