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/əbrˈɪdʒ/ Listen

verb

Abridge v. t. (past & past part. abridged; pres. part. abridging)

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." "She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her train from state to necessity."

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.

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"Abridge" Quotes from Famous Books

... French Revolution had its reasons for existence; its wrath will be absolved by the future; its result is the world made better. From its most terrible blows there comes forth a caress for the human race. I abridge, I stop, I have too much the advantage; ...

— Les Miserables - Complete in Five Volumes • Victor Hugo

... often repeated as a moral lesson, is now rejected as a fable by the modern writers, who smile at the vulgar credulity. They appeal with confidence to the Persian history of Sherefeddin Ali, according to which has been given to our curiosity in a French version, and from which I shall collect and abridge, a more specious narrative of this memorable transaction. No sooner was Timur informed that the captive Ottoman was at the door of his tent than he graciously stepped forward to receive him, seated him by his side, and mingled ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 • Various

... are, however, efficient and inefficient methods; and, by making the pupil skilful in the best method, the teacher can both interest him and abridge the task. The best method is of course not to 'hammer in' the sentences, by mere reiteration, but to analyze them, and think. For example, if the pupil should have to learn this last sentence, let him first strip out its grammatical ...

— Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals • William James

... of the central States, who wished to have a vortex for everything; that her distance would preclude her from equal advantage; and that she could not prudently purchase it by yielding national powers. From this, it might be understood in what light she would view an attempt to abridge ...

— The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government • Jefferson Davis

... expiated with pleasure on the first steps of the crusaders, as they paint the manners and character of Europe: but I shall abridge the tedious and uniform narrative of their blind achievements, which were performed by strength and are described by ignorance. From their first station in the neighborhood of Nicomedia, they advanced in successive ...

— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 5 • Edward Gibbon

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