Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Abbreviate \Ab*bre"vi*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abbreviated};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Abbreviating}.] [L. abbreviatus, p. p. of
   abbreviare; ad + breviare to shorten, fr. brevis short. See
   {Abridge}.]
   1. To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by
      contraction or omission, especially of words written or
      spoken.

            It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting,
            another by cutting off.               --Bacon.

   2. (Math.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

Abbreviated \Ab*bre"vi*a`ted\, a.
   Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.

Source : WordNet®

abbreviated
     adj 1: (of clothing) very short; "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a
            brief bikini" [syn: {brief}]
     2: cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "a
        curtailed visit"; "her shortened life was clearly the
        result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated
        conversation" [syn: {shortened}, {truncated}]