[n. of action f. APOCOPATE v.: see -TION.] The action of apocopating; the state of being apocopated.
1727–51. Chambers, Cycl., s.v. Apocope, When the Apocopation is marked with a superior comma … the word is said to be apostrophated.
1873. F. Hall, Mod. Eng., 187. We should have had … alt, cit, plenipo … if there had been as popular a demand for the apocopation of altitudes, citizen, plenipotentiary.
