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The Meaning of abridge

  • (v. t.) To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.
  • (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.
  • (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