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AbreastABRECH
Abregge
Abrenounce
Abrenunciation
Abreption
Abreuvoir
Abricock
Abridge
Abridged
abridgement
Abridger
Abridgment
Abroach
Abroad
ABROAD, SCATTERED
Abrocoma
abrocome
Abrogable
Abrogate
Abrogated
Abrogating
Abrogation
Abrogative
abrogator
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ABRIDG'ING, ppr. shortening; lessening; depriving; debarring.
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.
