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Abridge
ABRIDGE', v.t. abridj', [G. short, or its root, from the root of break or a verb of that family.]
1. To make shorter; to epitomize; to contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense in substance - used of writings.
Justin abridged the history of Trogus Pompeius.
2. To lessen; to diminish; as to abridge labor; to abridge power of rights.
3. To deprive; to cut off from; followed by of; as to abridge one of his rights, or enjoyments. to abridge from, is now obsolete or improper.
4. In algebra, to reduce a compound quantity or equation to its more simple expression. The equation thus abridged is called a formula.
abridge appears in definitions for these words:
Abbreviate Abbreviated Abbreviator Abridge Abridger Breviate Brief Case Clergy Compendious Constable Contract Cot County Curtail Curtailed Curtal Cut Epitomize Epitomized Epitomizer Liable Liberty Practice Property Restrain Restrained Retrench Sacramentary Short Shorten Shortened Summary Unabridged
Abbreviate Abbreviated Abbreviator Abridge Abridger Breviate Brief Case Clergy Compendious Constable Contract Cot County Curtail Curtailed Curtal Cut Epitomize Epitomized Epitomizer Liable Liberty Practice Property Restrain Restrained Retrench Sacramentary Short Shorten Shortened Summary Unabridged
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