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Definition of Abridge |
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Abridge
To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights. To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary. To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights. Related Definitions: Abridge, And, As, By, Condense, Contract, Curtail, Cut, Deprive, Dictionary, Diminish, Duration, Epitomize, Followed, Formerly, From, His, History, In, Labor, Lessen, Make, Of, Off, One, Or, Power, Retaining, Sense, Shorten, The, To, Using, Yet |
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Abridge Translations
abridge in Afrikaans is verminder abridge in Dutch is beknotten, begrenzen, beperken abridge in French is rogner abridge in Italian is abbreviare, accorciare abridge in Norwegian is forkorte, sammendra abridge in Spanish is limitar, compendiar, abreviar |
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