▪ I. apocopate, ppl. a.
(əˈpɒkəpeɪt, -ət)
[ad. mod.L. apocopāt-us, ppl. adj. f. apocope.]
Cut short by apocope. (Used spec. of words from which the last letter or syllable has disappeared.)
| c 1850 Pinnock's Heb. Catech. 20 The apocopate future..occurs only in the second and third person. |
▪ II. apocopate, v.
(əˈpɒkəpeɪt)
[f. as prec.]
To cut off (esp. the last letter or syllable of a word).
| 1851 S. Judd Margaret ii. i. (1871) 168 You apocopate that from the alphabet and Deacon Hadlock will apocopate you from the school. |