Abridge
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Abridge is a verb meaning (transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off.
Meaning
(transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off.
More Meanings
- (transitive, archaic, rare) To debar from.
- (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
- (transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
- (transitive) Cut short; truncate.
- (transitive) To curtail.
Example Sentences
He had his rights abridged by the crooked sheriff.
The bridegroom, perceiving his condition, abridged the visit […]
She retired her self to Sebaste, and abridged her train from State to necessity.
Such an episode in the Island's grand naval story her naval historians naturally abridge; one of them (G.P.R. James) candidly acknowledging that fain would he pass it over did not "impartiality forbid fastidiousness."
Word Forms
- abridges
- abridging
- abridged
Synonyms for abridge
Depending on context, synonyms include reduce, contract, abbreviate, cut, foreshorten, shorten.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shorten, reduce, cut, abbreviate, contract, foreshorten.
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