1) Abbreviate 2) Abbreviate, contract 3) Abbreviate, shorten 4) Adapt for audio format 5) Condense 6) Contract 7) Curtail 8) Curtail a game 9) Cut down 10) Cut off 11) Cut short 12) Cut short a card game 13) Decrease 14) Diminish 15) Edit substantially 16) Foreshorten 17) French word used in English
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• (v. t.) 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 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 deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of...
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A·bridge' transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Abridged ;
present participle & verbal noun Abridging .] [ Middle English
abregen , Old French
abregier , French
abréger , from Latin
abbreviare ;
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Abridge means to shorten by condensing. In literary terms, abridge means to shorten a work, and yet preserve its essence, by using more succinct language.
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[
v] - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
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abridge 1. To shorten; to make shorter, to cut short in its duration, to lessen the duration of; originally of time, or things occupying time. 2. To make shorter in words, while retaining the sense and substance of the written text; to condense, epitomize. 3. To produce by shortening from or abridging (a larger work); to condense from. 4. To curtai...
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foreshorten verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; `The manuscript must be shortened`
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to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents: to abridge a reference book. · to reduce or lessen in duration, scope, authority, etc.; diminish; curtail: to abridge a visit; to abridge one's freedom. · to deprive; cut off.
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