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1. (v.t.) abridge
to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents:
to abridge a book.
2. abridge
to reduce or lessen in duration, scope, or extent; diminish; curtail:
to abridge a visit.
3. abridge
to deprive; cut off.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < MF abreg(i)er < ML abbreviāre. See a -4, abbreviate)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
"The manuscript must be shortened"
2. (verb) abridge
lessen, diminish, or curtail
"the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) abridge
to make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights
2. (verb) abridge
to shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary
3. (verb) abridge
to deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights
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Sense: to make (especially a book) shorter.
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 Afrikaans: verkort |
 Arabic: يَخْتَصِر، يُوجِز |
 Bulgarian: съкращавам |
 Brazilian: resumir |
 Czech: (z)krátit |
 German: kürzen |
 Danish: forkorte |
 Greek: συντομεύω, περικόπτω |
 Spanish: abreviar, compendiar |
 Estonian: lühendama |
 Farsi: خلاصه کردن |
 Finnish: lyhentää |
 French: abréger |
 Hebrew: לְקַצֶר |
 Hindi: संक्षेपण करना |
 Croatian: skratiti |
 Hungarian: lerövidít |
 Indonesian: meringkas |
 Icelandic: stytta |
 Italian: abbreviare, ridurre |
 Japanese: 短縮する |
 Korean: 요약하다 |
 Lithuanian: (su)trumpinti |
 Latvian: saīsināt (tekstu) |
 Malay: ringkas |
 Dutch: verkorten |
 Norwegian: forkorte |
 Polish: skracać |
 Persian: خلاصه کردن |
 Pashto: لنډيز جوړول |
 Portuguese: abreviar |
 Romanian: a prescurta |
 Russian: сокращать |
 Slovak: skrátiť, zostručniť |
 Slovenian: skrajšati |
 Serbian: skraćivati |
 Swedish: förkorta |
 Thai: ย่อ; ตัดทอน |
 Turkish: kısaltmak |
 Taiwanese: 將…(尤指書籍)縮減 |
 Ukrainian: скорочувати |
 Urdu: مختصر کرنا |
 Vietnamese: rút ngắn |
 Chinese: 节略，删节 |
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