abridge

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English abreggen, abriggen, from Middle French abreg(i)er, from Late Latin abbreviāre “to shorten”; see a-⁴, abbreviate

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1. See shorten.

OTHER WORDS FROM abridge

a·bridg·a·ble, a·bridge·a·ble, adjectivea·bridg·er, nounnon·a·bridg·a·ble, adjectivere·a·bridge, verb (used with object), re·a·bridged, re·a·bridg·ing.

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abrazo, abreact, abreaction, abreast, abri, abridge, abridged, abridgment, abrin, abristle, abroach

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How to use abridge in a sentence

Certainly, the Fifteenth was a beacon of democracy’s light because it codified that “the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged… on account of race.”
Voter Suppression Grew Up From the Soil of Emancipation Itself|Kris Manjapra|April 8, 2022|Time
I find that the civil rights of the defendant have been abridged.
The Crisis at the D.C. Jail Began Decades Before Jan. 6 Defendants Started Raising Concerns|Madeleine Carlisle|January 8, 2022|Time
The group hiked an abridged 60-mile route that started and finished in Chamonix, walking between eight and 12 miles each day, up and over mountain passes and down into valleys.
What You Missed: How Rick Steves Got Hooked on Hiking|Fred Dreier|December 29, 2021|Outside Online
The 1973 miniseries, which aired on Swedish TV and screened internationally in an abridged feature cut, traces a tumultuous decade in the life of an upper-middle-class couple, played by Liv Ullman and Erland Josephson.
HBO's Scenes From a Marriage Remake Is Trying to Break Your Heart, All Over Again|Judy Berman|September 4, 2021|Time

The world first learned of Sophie Zhang in September 2020, when BuzzFeed News obtained and published highlights from an abridged version of her nearly 8,000-word exit memo from Facebook.
She risked everything to expose Facebook. Now she’s telling her story.|Karen Hao|July 29, 2021|MIT Technology Review
At the right time and in the right dose, it can ease and abridge economic maladies.
The Green Stimulus' Red Ink|David Frum|December 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And all such things as have been comprised in five books by Jason, of Cyrene, we have attempted to abridge in one book.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
This would serve to abridge the liberty of speech guaranteed to us by the Constitution.
Belford's Magazine, Vol. II, No. 3, February 1889|Various
We shall, however, be obliged to abridge his detailed exposition in order not to enlarge our volume beyond due limits.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy|Isaac Husik
Teach us to love the South and be contented here by ceasing to abridge us in such extremes in common rights and citizenship.
Negro Migration during the War|Emmett J. Scott
In one place a dammed-off deviation was being excavated, evidently to abridge an impossible bend.
The Riddle of the Sands|Erskine Childers

British Dictionary definitions for abridge

abridge

/ (əˈbrɪdʒ) /

verb (tr)

to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting

to curtail; diminish

archaic to deprive of (privileges, rights, etc)

Derived forms of abridge

abridgable or abridgeable, adjectiveabridger, noun

Word Origin for abridge

C14: via Old French abregier from Late Latin abbreviāre to shorten

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