"D. B" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL

To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.

An abridgment.

To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.

Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.

of Abbreviate

In Scotch law. An abstract of the decree of adjudication, and of the lauds adjudged, with the amount of the …

of Abbreviate

One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers.

The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for …

The act of shortening, or reducing.

The result of abbreviating; an abridgment.

Shortened conventional expressions, employed as substitutes for names, phrases, dates, and the like, for the saving of space, of time …

One who abbreviates or shortens.

One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of …

In ecclesiastical law. Officers whose duty lt is to assist ln drawing

Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.

An abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form.

Abr. abbreviation for Abril, April.