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abridge
[ uh-brij ]
abridge
/ əˈbrɪdʒ /
verb
- to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
- to curtail; diminish
- archaic.to deprive of (privileges, rights, etc)
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Derived Forms
- aˈbridgable, adjective
- aˈbridger, noun
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Other Words From
- a·bridg·a·ble a·bridge·a·ble adjective
- a·bridg·er noun
- non·a·bridg·a·ble adjective
- re·a·bridge verb (used with object) reabridged reabridging
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Word History and Origins
Origin of abridge1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of abridge1
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Synonym Study
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Example Sentences
At the right time and in the right dose, it can ease and abridge economic maladies.
And all such things as have been comprised in five books by Jason, of Cyrene, we have attempted to abridge in one book.
This would serve to abridge the liberty of speech guaranteed to us by the Constitution.
We shall, however, be obliged to abridge his detailed exposition in order not to enlarge our volume beyond due limits.
Teach us to love the South and be contented here by ceasing to abridge us in such extremes in common rights and citizenship.
In one place a dammed-off deviation was being excavated, evidently to abridge an impossible bend.
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