Associations to the word «Abridge»
Noun
- Greenberg
- Adaptation
- Pretext
- Reader
- Manuscript
- Stanza
- Outline
- Vols
- Ether
- Textbook
- Diary
- Protection
- Bbc
- Guarantee
- Entirety
- Read
- Dom
- Introduction
- Repertory
- Dickson
- Exercise
- Anthology
- Nero
- Original
- Censorship
- Methodist
- Prohibition
- Citizenship
- Supplement
- Narrative
- Verse
- Narrator
- Schuster
- Book
- Religion
- Tale
- Philharmonic
- Particular
- Holland
- Statute
- Papyrus
- Illustration
- Proportion
- Illustrated
- Lp
- Vocabulary
- Dreams
- Law
- Confine
- Dialogue
- Pornography
- Compilation
- Bible
- Epic
- Form
- Essay
- Cd
- Messiah
- Classics
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
ABRIDGE, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To deprive; to cut off. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350)]
ABRIDGE, verb. (transitive) (archaic) (rare) To debar from. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350)]
ABRIDGE, verb. (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
ABRIDGE, verb. (transitive) 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 in 1384.]. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
ABRIDGE, verb. (transitive) Cut short; truncate. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
ABRIDGE, verb. (transitive) To curtail. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
Dictionary definition
ABRIDGE, verb. Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened".
ABRIDGE, verb. Lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression".
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