abridge
verb (used with object)
to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents.
have abridged
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present perfectof abridge.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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But nearly all the liberal Jewish denominations have abridged or revised it in various ways.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023
The plaintiffs claim the leaders have abridged their First Amendment rights to free speech and free assembly and their Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2020
Q. What happens when police departments are deemed to have abridged citizens' rights through excessive use of force or other constitutional violations?
From US News ● Aug. 21, 2014
Grant that, and then is death a benefit: So are we Caesar's friends, that have abridged His time of fearing death.—Stoop,
From Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Many long speeches, petitions, addresses, &c. he might no doubt have abridged; but as there were his principal vouchers, for his own sake, he chose to give them entire.
From An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1 by Alexander Hewatt
