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Verb abridges, abridging, abridged
abridge - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
		foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
		expatiate, lucubrate, dilate, exposit, expound, flesh out, elaborate, enlarge, expand become wider; "His pupils were dilated"
		minify, decrease, lessen decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
		bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, castrate, shorten edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
		edit out, edit, cut prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"
		condense, concentrate, digest undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature"
abridge - lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"
		curtail, curb, cut back, restrict keep to the curb; "curb your dogs"

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abridge (v. t.)
To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.
abridge (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.
abridge (v. t.)
To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.

abridge
a-brij′, v.t. to make brief or short: to shorten: to epitomise: to curtail, as privileges or authority.—ns. Abridg′ment, Abridge′ment, contraction: shortening of time, labour or privileges: a compendium of a larger work: an epitome or synopsis: (law) the leaving out of certain portions Of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder. [O. Fr. abregier (Fr. abréger)—L. abbreviāre. See Abbreviate.]