was abridging
- past progressive of abridge.
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 Flammarion, Camille
