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May 21, 2012
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ab•bre•vi•a•to•ry



Pronunciation: (u-brē'vē-u-tôr"ē, -tōr"ē), [key]
—adj.
serving to abbreviate or shorten: “IA” is an abbreviatory form of “Iowa.”

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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