Definition of Abrige
A*bridge" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Abridged (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n.
Abridging.] [OE. abregen, OF. abregier, F.
abréger, fr. L. abbreviare; ad + brevis
short. See Brief and cf. Abbreviate.] 1.
To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to
curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or
rights. "The bridegroom . . . abridged his visit."
Smollett.
She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her
train from state to necessity.
Fuller.
2. To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet
retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a
history or dictionary.
3. To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by
of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his
rights.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
ABRIDGE, v.t. To shorten.
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for
people to abridge their king, a decent respect for the opinions of
mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel
them to the separation.
Oliver Cromwell
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.
*The bridegroom ... abridged his visit. - Smollett
*She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her train from state to necessity. - Fuller
- (transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.
- (transitive) To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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