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Enable (Words with friends)
SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)

"Abbreviate" Definition

verb-transitive

To make shorter. See Synonyms at shorten.
To reduce (a word or phrase) to a shorter form intended to represent the full form.

verb

To make briefer.
To reduce to a shorter form intended to stand for the whole.

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