apocopate

From Latin apocopātus (“cut off”), from Ancient Greek ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).

apocopate (not comparable)

1. Shortened by apocope; lacking a final sound or syllable
2. (grammar, Arabic language) jussive

• (shortened by apocope): apocopic, clipped, shortened, abbreviated

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

1. (linguistics) To shorten using apocope; to remove the final sound or syllable.
   • 1904, Robert Sterling, A Grammar of the Arabic Language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, OCLC 3088363, page 229:

     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.

2. (linguistics, intransitive) To undergo apocope.
   • 1999, The Best Test Preparation for the SAT II, Subject Test: Spanish, Piscataway, NJ: Research & Education Association, →ISBN, page R-195:

     "Ciento" apocopates to "cien" before nouns or numbers larger than itself.

• apocopation
• apocope
• apocopic

apocopate

1. second-person plural present indicative of apocopare
2. second-person plural imperative of apocopare
3. feminine plural of apocopato