Obs. 6. [a. med.L. accurtātiōnem, n. of action, f. late L. *accurtā-re (It. accortar) to abbreviate; f. ac- = ad- to + curtāre to shorten; f. curt-us short.] Shortening, curtailment, abbreviation.
1583. Stanyhurst, Virgil, To Reader, 36. [M is] clipped if the next word beginne with a vocall: as fame, name; for albeit E be the last letter, that must not salue M from accurtation, because in the eare M is the last letter.
1594. Plat, Jewell-house, I. 44. In the time whereof, some English wits … did offer to make a great and gainefull accurtation, and yet could not be heard.
