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The Meaning of abridge
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(v. t.) To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.
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(v. t.) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.
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(v. t.) To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.
Synonyms
sign on
,
expurgate
,
skip
,
foreshorten
,
ignore
,
cut off
,
bowdlerize
,
bowdlerise
,
sign
,
reduce
,
hack
,
compress
,
tailor
,
quash
,
disregard
,
cut back
,
sign up
,
turn out
,
lose weight
,
slew
,
rationalise
,
switch off
,
castrate
,
prune
,
melt off
,
trim down
,
scale down
,
contract
,
condense
,
shorten
,
compact
,
thin
,
slim down
,
geld
,
rationalize
,
make out
,
constrict
,
issue
,
narrow
,
take
,
squeeze
,
bring down
,
trim
,
slue
,
tighten
,
deoxidise
,
abbreviate
,
turn off
,
keep down
,
cut
,
subdue
,
cut down
,
dilute
,
burn
,
subjugate
,
get
,
shrink
,
edit
,
edit out
,
come down
,
repress
,
press
,
write out
,
thin out
,
swerve
,
boil down
,
snub
,
slenderize
,
trend
,
curve
,
deoxidize
,
sheer
,
concentrate
,
undertake
,
veer
,
decoct
,
slim
,
trim back
,
restrain
,
constrain
,
hold in
,
keep under
,
bridle
,
curb
,
keep
,
check
,
hinder
,
keep back
,
restrict
,
circumscribe
,
hold
,
suppress
,
confine
,
hold back
,
keep in
,
withhold
,
decrease
,
lessen
,
minify
Antonyms
aid
,
arouse
,
encourage
,
free
,
incite
,
release
,
animate
,
emancipate
,
excite
,
impel
,
let loose
,
set free
Rhymes
akridge
,
asbridge
,
attridge
,
breckenridge
,
bridge
,
drawbridge
,
eldridge
,
estridge
,
ethridge
,
fidge
,
fridge
,
mcbridge
,
midge
,
miscavige
,
oxbridge
,
pepperidge
,
ridge
,
strawbridge
,
woodbridge