Abridged

Word ABRIDGED
Character 8
Hyphenation abridged
Pronunciations /əˈbɹɪdʒd/

Definitions and meanings of "Abridged"

What do we mean by abridged?

To deprive; to cut off.

To debar from.

To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.

To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.

Cut short; truncate.

To curtail.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Abridged

The word "abridged" in example sentences

Some, in the true spirit of the poor Publican, were kneeling at a considerable distance, just within view of the cross, to which they hardly lifted their eyes; others, whose penance was originally lighter, or its term abridged by frequent visits to this place, had approached the cross more nearly, and with greater signs of satisfaction. ❋ John Hughes (N/A)

There are none of the shortcuts of the forties and fifties, though one sees the font of what survives, in abridged form in many later projects of that period. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I don't think most of these books are available in abridged audio books format. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Looks like lots of the stuff they have is abridged from the longer articles in the print versions (like this Bob Moog piece) but still, they're certainly worth a look. ❋ KaneCitizen (2006)

I shall annex a statement of the proceedings of the M.ssion at Avignon, during the Lent of 1819, copied and abridged from a short pamphlet, written by a M. Fransoy, a lawyer of that city; which being published by ❋ John Hughes (N/A)

Of innumerable biographies of Luther the best from sympathetic Protestant pens are: Julius Köstlin, _Life of Luther, _ trans. and abridged from the German (1900); T.M. Lindsay, _Luther and the German Reformation_ (1900); A.C. M.Giffert, _M.rtin Luther, the ❋ Carlton J. H. Hayes (1923)

The manuscript so abridged, is submitted to you, with the earnest prayer, that if published, it may subserve the cause of truth and good citizenship. ❋ Unknown (1865)

Mortimer also discovered symptoms of lush-logic, for though he had an inclination to keep up the chaff, his dictionary appeared to be new modelled, and his lingo abridged by repeated clips at his mother tongue, by which he afforded considerable food for laughter. ❋ John Badcock (1823)

Hist.] 83 This interesting story, which Zosimus has abridged, is related by Eunapius, (in Excerpt. ❋ Unknown (1206)

This means that series which are 13 or 26 episodes are being abridged, which is entirely unnecessary since those series aren't very long. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They're abridged, which is an occasional problem, but otherwise quite good. ❋ Unknown (2009)

-- A June 25 Style review of the Reduced Shakespeare Company production of "Completely Hollywood (Abridged)" indicated that it was written by the same people who wrote the company's earlier "abridged" plays. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld's politics of selective deception, which is egregiously demonstrated by the politically timed, and executed declassification of an "abridged" version of the findings of more than a dozen national intelligence agencies corrolates, and fits nicely with their ongoing pattern of seduction by secrecy. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I'm trying to think of what the "abridged" edition might be like.... ❋ Mother Jones RN (2006)

Since a child's life begins at conception, and as per the GOP platform the rights of the unborn should not be "abridged" for any reason, I wonder why there are almost no funerals for, say, miscarried babies. ❋ Unknown (2005)

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