Abridge

  • 21abridge — see BRIEF …

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  • 22abridge — a·bridge || É™ brɪdÊ’ v. condense, shorten …

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  • 23abridge — brigade …

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  • 24abridge — verb 1》 shorten (a text or film) without losing the sense. 2》 Law curtail (a right or privilege). Derivatives abridgeable adjective abridgement (also chiefly US abridgment) noun abridger noun Origin ME: from OFr. abregier, from late L …

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  • 25abridge — v. a. 1. Shorten, epitomize, condense, compress, make an abstract of. 2. Diminish, reduce, contract, curtail, lessen, retrench, cut down. See abbreviate. 3. Deprive of, dispossess of, divest of …

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  • 26abridge — v 1. shorten, contract, cut down, abbreviate, condense, compress, concentrate; abstract, summarize, brief, synopsize, digest, epitomize. 2. reduce, retrench, decrease, diminish, lessen, shrink, narrow, bridge, subtract, subduct, curtail; truncate …

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  • 27abridge — verb Syn: shorten, cut (down), edit, abbreviate, condense, compress, truncate, prune, summarize, precis; (abridged) concise Ant: extend …

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  • 28abridge — /əˈbrɪdʒ / (say uh brij) verb (t) (abridged, abridging) 1. to shorten by condensation or omission, or both; rewrite or reconstruct on a smaller scale. 2. to lessen; diminish. 3. to deprive; cut off. {Middle English abrege(n), from Old French… …

  • 29abridge — see BRIEF …

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  • 30abridge — v.tr. 1 shorten (a book, film, etc.) by using fewer words or making deletions. 2 curtail (liberty). Derivatives: abridgable adj. abridger n. Etymology: ME f. OF abreg(i)er f. LL abbreviare ABBREVIATE …

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