Definition of "apocopate"

apocopate

adjective
not comparable
1. Shortened by apocope; lacking a final sound or syllable
verb
third-person singular simple present apocopates, present participle apocopating, simple past and past participle apocopated
1. (linguistics) To shorten using apocope; to remove the final sound or syllable.
  Quotations
  The particles which apocopate the final vowel of the aorist are of two kinds: I. Those which apocopate the final vowel of one verb only. II. Those which apocopate the final vowel of two verbs.
  1904, Robert Sterling, A Grammar of the Arabic Language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, page 229
2. (linguistics, intransitive) To undergo apocope.
  Quotations
  "Ciento" apocopates to "cien" before nouns or numbers larger than itself.
  1999, Gene Hammitt, Ricardo Gutiérrez Mouat, William Stivers, The Best Test Preparation for the SAT II, Subject Test: Spanish, Piscataway, NJ: Research & Education Association, page R-195
noun
uncountable
1. A verb form of the prefix conjugation in Semitic which bears no final vowel and is considered the original perfective, but often called jussive mood.