apocopate

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/əˈpɒkəpeɪt/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ə pok′ə pāt′)

Inflections of 'apocopate' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
apocopates
v 3rd person singular
apocopating
v pres p
apocopated
v past
apocopated
v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
a•poc•o•pate  (ə pok′ə pāt′),USA pronunciation v.t., -pat•ed, -pat•ing. 
  1. Phoneticsto shorten by apocope.
  • verb, verbal use of apocopate (adjective, adjectival) curtailed, docked. See apocope, -ate1 1850–55
a•poc′o•pa′tion, n. 

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