abridge
verb (used with object)
to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents.
have been abridging
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present perfect progressiveof abridge.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Yet for Congress to have so directed would plainly have been abridging freedom of the press.
From History of the United States, Volume 3 by Elisha Benjamin Andrews
