meaning of abridges

1. To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.
2.
To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.
3.
To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.
4.
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be ">shortened"


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