"Abridge" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
To reduce or contract; usually spoken of written language
To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to
diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.
To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly
by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.
To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet
retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a
history or dictionary.
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Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
Read the complete definitionTo make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.
Read the complete definitionAn abridgment.
Read the complete definitionThe result of abbreviating; an abridgment.
Read the complete definitionServing or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.
Read the complete definitionAn abridgment; a compendium or abstract.
Read the complete definitionSee Abridge.
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Read the complete definitionOne who abridges.
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Read the complete definitionThat which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly.
Read the complete definitionAn epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
Read the complete definitionThe act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures …
Read the complete definitionAn epitome or com.-pendlum of another and larger work, wherein the principal ideas of the larger wofk are summarily contained. …
Read the complete definitionThe right of the court to reduce the damages in certain cases. Vide Brooke, tit. "Abridgment.
Read the complete definitionTo epitomize; to abridge.
Read the complete definitionTo act upon; Influence; change; enlarge or abridge. This word is ofteu used in the sense of acting injuriously upon …
Read the complete definitionThe name given to a com-pilation of Roman and Greek law, prepared about A. D. 880 by the Emperor Basilius, …
Read the complete definitionAn abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or summary.
Read the complete definitionAn abridgment or concise statement of a client's case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at …
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