Identify and define the root in the word
abbreviate

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Explanation:

The adjective abbreviated and the verb abbreviate both come from the noun abbreviation, with its Latin root, abbreviare, "make brief," from ad-, "to," and breviare, "shorten." Definitions of abbreviated.

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