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Definition of Apocopate
1. v. t. To cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
2. a. Shortened by apocope; as, an apocopate form.
Definition of Apocopate
1. Adjective. Shortened by apocope; lacking a final sound or syllable ¹
2. Adjective. (grammar Arabic language) jussive ¹
3. Verb. (linguistics) To shorten using apocope; to remove the final sound or syllable ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apocopate
1. [v -PATED, -PATING, -PATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apocopate
Literary usage of Apocopate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Critical Grammar of the Hebrew Language by Isaac Nordheimer (1842)
"39 : 7, 12. f Future apocopate. § 208. When the Future expresses a wish or command,
or is connected with the succeeding word by ..."
2. The Southern Review (1830)
"... and apocopate forms, which give intensity to the meaning. B. g. 1'arago- gic;
as -)oi?, ... apocopate ; S'Ppn); so ¡YU apoc. Sj; Slo, apoc. ..."
3. A Handbook to Old Testament Hebrew: Containing an Elementary Grammar of the by Samuel Gosnell Green (1901)
"From the abbreviation this form is called the Imperfect apocopate. Obt.—In the
weak verbe, ая will be seen hereafter, the imperfect ..."
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