abridge
verb (used with object)
to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents.
has abridged
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present perfectof abridge (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Peignot, who has abridged Vogt's excellent account of this very uncommon and precious catalogue, of which only twenty-five copies were printed, has forgotten to examine the last edition of the Catalog.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
Mr. Fiske has abridged and condensed these four octavos into one stout duodecimo entitled Washington and his Country, Boston, Ginn & Co.,
From The War of Independence by John Fiske
Science, however, has abridged, and is abridging, that distance: science has diminished, and is diminishing, that expense.
From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
Mr. Nutt, who has abridged and partly rewritten the story from a copy of Elder's book in his possession, has introduced a couple of touches from Browning.
From More English Fairy Tales by John Dickson Batten
I am not prepared to think the compiler has abridged the minutes, yet such may be the fact.
From A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information by William Henry Gray
