Definitions
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- verb uncommon, transitive To make
unabbreviated : toexpand (something which wasabbreviated ).
Etymologies
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un- + abbreviate
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Examples
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What's more likely is that the writer typed an abbreviation while he was getting a quote, then forgot to unabbreviate it.
Blow THIS. Roger Sutton 2007
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