abridge

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English abreggen, abregge, abrigge (“curtail, lessen”), from Old French abregier, abreger, from Late Latin abbreviō, abbreviāre (“make brief”). Doublet of abbreviate. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ/ (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -ɪdʒ Hyphenation: a‧bridge === Verb === abridge (third-person singular simple present abridges, present participle abridging, simple past and past participle abridged) (transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off. [First attested around 1150–1350] (transitive, archaic, rare) To debar from. [First attested around 1150–1350] (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent. [First attested around 1350–1470] (transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense. [First attested in 1384] [First attested around 1350–1470] (transitive) Cut short; truncate. [First attested around 1350–1470] (transitive) To curtail. [First attested around 1350–1470] ==== Usage notes ==== (deprive): Usually used with to or sometimes with from as, to abridge someone of his rights. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== unabridged ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === bigrade, brigade