"deabbreviate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: deabbreviates [present, singular, third-person], deabbreviating [participle, present], deabbreviated [participle, past], deabbreviated [past]
Etymology: From de- + abbreviate. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|abbreviate}} de- + abbreviate Head templates: {{en-verb}} deabbreviate (third-person singular simple present deabbreviates, present participle deabbreviating, simple past and past participle deabbreviated)
  1. (rare) To expand (an abbreviation). Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-deabbreviate-en-verb-VBfNc~7i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-

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          "ref": "1999, A[hmed] Mushtaque R[aza] Chowdhury, “Foreword”, in AKM Ahsan Ullah, Abdar Rahman, Munira Murshed, Poverty and Migration: Slums of Dhaka City: The Realities, Dhaka: Association for Rural Development and Studies, page 7",
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          "ref": "2007, Kirsty McKinnon, The Gift: A ‘How To’ for NLP with Real Life Experiences, Stanstead Abbotts, Herts.: MX Publishing Ltd, page 12",
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          "ref": "2008, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, Vice Slang, Abingdon, Oxon, New York, N.Y.: Routledge",
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          "ref": "2013, Rosa Rankin-Gee, chapter 14, in The Last Kings of Sark, London: Virago Press, page 96",
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