"Abridging" is a word in ENGLISH

An abridgment.

Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.

To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.

The result of abbreviating; an abridgment.

Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.

An abridgment; a compendium or abstract.

See Abridge.

To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power …

To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a …

To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.

To reduce or contract; usually spoken of written language

of Abridge

One who abridges.

That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly.

The act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures …

An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.

An epitome or com.-pendlum of another and larger work, wherein the principal ideas of the larger wofk are summarily contained. …

The right of the court to reduce the damages in certain cases. Vide Brooke, tit. "Abridgment.

To epitomize; to abridge.

To act upon; Influence; change; enlarge or abridge. This word is ofteu used in the sense of acting injuriously upon …