Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To reduce the length of (a written text); condense: synonym: shorten.
- transitive verb To limit; curtail.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make shorter; curtail: as, “abridged cloaks,” Scott, Ivanhoe, xiv. To shorten by condensation or omission, or both; rewrite or reconstruct on a smaller scale; put the main or essential parts of into less space: used of writings: as, Justin abridged the history of Trogus Pompeius.
- To lessen; diminish: as, to
abridge labor. - To deprive; cut off: followed by of, and formerly also by from: as, to
abridge one of rights or enjoyments. - In algebra, to reduce, as a compound quantity or equation, to a more simple form.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail
- transitive verb To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
- transitive verb To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by
of , and formerly byfrom .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb lessen, diminish, or curtail
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And Anne, you seem to think Arabs 'abridge' the human rights of Jews, a month after Israel killed 1300 Palestinians, maimed thousands more, refuses to lift the blockade etc etc etc.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Constitution that Congress can't begin to 'abridge' it, in its pride of place, is hawked at by this crested jay-bird.
Old Portraits, Part 1, from Volume VI., The Works of Whittier: Old Portraits and Modern Sketches John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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Constitution that Congress can't begin to 'abridge' it, in its pride of place, is hawked at by this crested jay-bird.
Old Portraits, Modern Sketches, Personal Sketches and Tributes Complete, Volume VI., the Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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Constitution that Congress can't begin to 'abridge' it, in its pride of place, is hawked at by this crested jay-bird.
The Complete Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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One could argue that such restrictions "abridge" the freedom of the press, but that argument would be specious.
Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher 2009
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He therefore was commissioned to abridge and write a preface to a now obscure work of mental philosophy, The Light of Nature Pursued by Abraham Tucker (originally published in seven volumes from 1768 to 1777), which appeared in 1807 and may have had some influence on his own later thinking.
william hazlitt | the man of letters « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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He therefore was commissioned to abridge and write a preface to a now obscure work of mental philosophy, The Light of Nature Pursued by Abraham Tucker (originally published in seven volumes from 1768 to 1777), which appeared in 1807 and may have had some influence on his own later thinking.
March « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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We must be willing to abridge ourselves of our superfluities, for the supply of others necessities.
Richard T. Hughes: Echoes From Gettysburg: How Americans Embrace Incivility And Ignore The Poor Richard T. Hughes 2011
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Our bar has been lowered way too far allowing laws to abridge individual freedoms in exchange for a nanny state.
duh pookie 2009
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Our bar has been lowered way too far allowing laws to abridge individual freedoms in exchange for a nanny state.
duh pookie 2009
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