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 "Abridge" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v.0.48"
Abridge \A*bridge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abridged}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Abridging}.] [OE. abregen, OF. abregier, F.
   abr['e]ger, fr. L. abbreviare; ad + brevis short. See {Brief}
   and cf. {Abbreviate}.]
   1. To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to
      diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge
      power or rights. "The bridegroom . . . abridged his
      visit." --Smollett.
      [1913 Webster]
            She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her
            train from state to necessity.        --Fuller.
      [1913 Webster]
   2. To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining
      the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a
      history or dictionary.
      [1913 Webster]
   3. To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by
      from; as, to abridge one of his rights.
      [1913 Webster]

 "abridge" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
abridge
     v : reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The
         manuscript must be shortened" [syn: {foreshorten}, {abbreviate},
          {shorten}, {cut}, {contract}, {reduce}] [ant: {elaborate}]

 "abridge" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
107 Moby Thesaurus words for "abridge":
   abbreviate, abstract, bereave, bleed, blot out, blue-pencil, bob,
   boil down, bowdlerize, brief, cancel, capsule, capsulize, censor,
   clip, compress, condense, contract, crop, cross out, curtail, cut,
   cut back, cut down, cut off, cut off short, cut short, damp,
   dampen, decrease, deduct, deflate, delete, depreciate, depress,
   deprive, deprive of, digest, diminish, disentitle, divest, dock,
   downgrade, drain, ease one of, edit, edit out, elide, epitomize,
   erase, expunge, expurgate, foreshorten, kill, lessen,
   lighten one of, limit, lower, milk, mine, minify, minimize, mow,
   narrow, nip, nutshell, omit, outline, pare, poll, pollard, prune,
   reap, recap, recapitulate, reduce, rescind, restrict, retrench,
   roll back, rub out, scale down, shave, shear, shorten, simplify,
   sketch, sketch out, slash, snub, step down, strike, strike off,
   strike out, stunt, sum up, summarize, synopsize, take away from,
   take from, take in, tap, telescope, trim, truncate, tune down,
   void



 "ABRIDGE" devils "THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15
1993)"
ABRIDGE, v.t.  To shorten.
        When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for
    people to abridge their king, a decent respect for the opinions of
    mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel
    them to the separation.
                                                       Oliver Cromwell


 "abridge" eng-afr "English-Africaan Freedict Dictionary"
abridge
     begrens, bepaal, beperk
     bekort
     verminder

 "abridge" eng-ara "English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary"
Abridge
اختصر


 "abridge" eng-cro "English-Croatian Freedict Dictionary"
abridge
lišiti, ograničiti, pokratiti, poniženje, skratiti, sniženje, zbiti


 "abridge" eng-cze "English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary"
abridge 
zbavit


 "abridge" eng-cze "English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary"
abridge 
zestručnit
         Note: text
         Entry edited by: RNDr. Pavel Piskač


 "abridge" eng-cze "English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary"
abridge 
zkrátit
         Note: text
         Entry edited by: B2


 "abridge" eng-fra "English-French Freedict Dictionary"
abridge
	[əbridʒ]
	limiter
	abréger, raccourcir
	abaisser, abréger, amoindrir, diminuer
	abréger


 "abridge" eng-hin "English-Hindi Freedict Dictionary"
abridge 
1. संक्षेपण~करना
     "The book was abridged for children."


 "abridge" eng-ita "English-Italian Freedict dictionary"
abridge
     limitare, restringere

 "abridge" eng-lat "English-Latin Freedict dictionary"
abridge [əbridʒ]
     abbreviare, curtare
     breviare

 "abridge" eng-por "English-Portugese Freedict dictionary"
abridge
     demarcar, limitar, restringir

 "abridge" eng-por "English-Portugese Freedict dictionary"
abridge
     demarcar, limitar, restringir

 "abridge" eng-por "English-Portugese Freedict dictionary"
abridge [əbridʒ]
     demarcar, limitar, restringir

 "abridge" eng-por "English-Portugese Freedict dictionary"
abridge
     demarcar, limitar, restringir

 "abridge" eng-spa "English-Spanish Freedict dictionary"
abridge [əbridʒ]
     limitar
     abreviar, acortar

 "abridge" eng-swe "English-Swedish Freedict dictionary"
abridge [əbridʒ]
     avgränsa, begränsa

 "abridge" eng-tur "English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary"
abridge
1. kısaltmak, özetlemek, kesmek
2. mahrum etmek abridgement   kısaltma, özetleme
3. azalma, kesilme
4. bir eser, demeç veya sözün kısaltılmış şekli
5. özet, hulâsa.