abridge
verb (used with object)
to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents.
was abridging
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past progressiveof abridge.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Dunn asked for “patience” and “understanding” in December when he was abridging the Public Records Act.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 5, 2017
It was getting late, and the lack of homogeneity in the circle was abridging the phenomena.
From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Camille Flammarion
