Meaning of abridge | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To deprive; to cut off.
   archaic, transitive
2. To debar from.
   archaic, rare, transitive
3. To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
   transitive
4. To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
   transitive
5. Cut short; truncate.
   transitive
6. To curtail.
   transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“She retired her self to Sebaste, and abridged her train⟳ from State to necessity.”

“The bridegroom, perceiving his condition, abridged the visit⟳ […]”

“It was still necessary for the man who had been formerly saluted by the highest authority as dictator of the English language to supply⟳ his wants by constant toil. He abridged his Dictionary. He proposed to bring⟳ out an edition of Shakespeare by subscription, and many subscribers sent in their names and laid down their money; but he soon found the task so little to his taste⟳ that he turned to more attractive employments.”

“Such an episode in the Island's grand naval story her naval historians naturally abridge; one of them (G.P.R. James) candidly acknowledging that fain would he pass⟳ it over did not "impartiality forbid⟳ fastidiousness."”

“He had his rights abridged by the crooked sheriff.”

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