condense, shorten; make shorter in words
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Abridge Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.
To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.
(v. t.)
To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.
To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.
(v. t.)
To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.
abridge
abricock \a"bri*cock\ (&?;), n. see apricot. [obs.]
To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles.
Abridge, (v.t.)
To shorten.
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for
people to abridge their king, a decent respect for the opinions of
mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel
them to the separation.
Oliver Cromwell
The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, 1911 (About)To shorten.
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for
people to abridge their king, a decent respect for the opinions of
mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel
them to the separation.
Oliver Cromwell
brigade
Verb
1. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
(synonym) foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
(hypernym) decrease, lessen, minify
(hyponym) bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten
(verb-group) edit, cut, edit out
(derivation) condensation, abridgement, abridgment, capsule
Abridge Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
Abridge Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Abridge is a village in Essex, England. It is on the River Roding, southwest of the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the district of Epping Forest and in the parliamentary constituency of Brentwood & Ongar. It is part of the civil parish of Lambourne and is served by Lambourne Parish Council.
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