"abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds; \"the British get `pud' from `pudding' by apocope\""@en-us . . . "107091737"^^ . . . "0"^^ . . "07091737-n"^^ . "apocope"^^ . . . . "apocope"@en-us . "105306031"@en-us . . . "0"^^ . . "106655582"@en-us .