apocopate

1. not comparableShortened by apocope; lacking a final sound or syllable

   Synonyms: apocopated, apocopic, clipped, shortened, abbreviated

present singular third person apocopates · participle present apocopating · participle past apocopated · past apocopated

1. human sciencesTo 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. intransitivehuman sciencesTo 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

1. uncountableA verb form of the prefix conjugation in Semitic which bears no final vowel and is considered the original perfective, but often called jussive mood.