![]() abridge verb To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense to epitomize to condense as, to abridge a history or dictionary. ( First attested from around (1150 to 1350)) ( transitive, archaic, rare) To debar from. 1639, Thomas Fuller, The Historie of the Holy Warre, Cambridge, Book 2, Chapter 31, p. 85, She retired her self to Sebaste, and abridged her train from State to necessity. Legal Definition of abridge: to diminish or reduce in scope no State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States U.S. abridge verb To make shorter to shorten in duration or extent. abridge ( third-person singular simple present abridges, present participle abridging, simple past and past participle abridged) ( transitive, archaic) To deprive to cut off.( transitive ) To make shorter to shorten in duration or extent.To make shorter curtail: as, abridged cloaks, Scott, Ivanhoe, xiv. Sometimes you have time to read all of something. ![]() To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense to epitomize to condense as, to abridge a history or dictionary. An abridged version of a book is a shortened version: its not complete because parts have been cut or omitted. ( transitive, archaic, rare ) To debar from. To deprive to cut off - followed by of, and formerly by from as, to abridge one of his rights.( transitive, archaic ) To deprive to cut off.( Received Pronunciation ) IPA ( key): /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ/Ībridge ( third-person singular simple present abridges, present participle abridging, simple past and past participle abridged).From Middle English abreggen ( “ curtail, lessen ” ), abregge, abrigge, from Old French abregier abreger, from Late Latin abbrevio ( “ make brief ” ), from ad- + brēvio ( “ shorten ” ).
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