Associations to the word «Abridge»
Noun
- Chronicle
- Revision
- Adventures
- Press
- Writ
- Transaction
- Ed
- Defendant
- Juliet
- Pamphlet
- Hymn
- Equal
- Publication
- Passage
- Work
- Musical
- Judgement
- English
- Corpus
- Uni
- Isbn
- Recording
- Copy
- Publisher
- Cruelty
- Invention
- Article
- Beethoven
- Broadcast
- Legislation
- Sorcerer
- Violation
- Remark
- Selection
- Dissertation
- Ballet
- Jeanne
- Oriental
- Romeo
- Fiction
- Story
- Title
- Poem
- Romance
- Author
- Opera
- Magazine
- Sonata
- Provision
- Essex
- Wesley
- Fragment
- Penguin
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
ABRIDGE, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To deprive; to cut off. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350)]
ABRIDGE, verb. (transitive) (archaic) (rare) To debar from. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350)]
ABRIDGE, verb. (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
ABRIDGE, verb. (transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary. [First attested in 1384.]. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
ABRIDGE, verb. (transitive) Cut short; truncate. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
ABRIDGE, verb. (transitive) To curtail. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
Dictionary definition
ABRIDGE, verb. Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened".
ABRIDGE, verb. Lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression".
Wise words
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable
fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those
symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated
by the inaudible language of the heart.