apocopate

adj

1. (not-comparable)Shortened by apocope; lacking a final sound or syllable

verb

1. To shorten using apocope; to remove the final sound or syllable.

   “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.”

2. (intransitive)To undergo apocope.

   “"Ciento" apocopates to "cien" before nouns or numbers larger than itself.”

noun

1. (uncountable)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.