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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ABRIDG'ED, pp. Made shorter; epitomized; reduced to a smaller compass; lessened; deprived.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting; "an abridged version" [ant: unabridged]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her train from state to necessity. --Fuller. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

An abridged book or play has been made shorter by removing some parts of it. This is an abridged version of her new novel 'The Queen and I'. = shortened ADJ: usu ADJ n

Moby Thesaurus

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