Abridge

Verb

 * 1)  To make shorter; to shorten in duration.
 * 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.
 * 4)  To lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.

Derived terms

 * abridged
 * abridger

Related terms

 * abridgement
 * unabridged

Thesaurus
abbreviate; abstract; bereave; bleed; blot out; blue-pencil; bob; boil down; bowdlerize; brief; cancel; capsule; capsulize; censor; clip; compress; condense; contract; crop; cross out; curtail; cut; cut back; cut down; cut off; cut off short; cut short; damp; dampen; decrease; deduct; deflate; delete; depreciate; depress; deprive; deprive of; digest; diminish; disentitle; divest; dock; downgrade; drain; ease one of; edit; edit out; elide; epitomize; erase; expunge; expurgate; foreshorten; kill; lessen; lighten one of; limit; lower; milk; mine; minify; minimize; mow; narrow; nip; nutshell; omit; outline; pare; poll; pollard; prune; reap; recap; recapitulate; reduce; rescind; restrict; retrench; roll back; rub out; scale down; shave; shear; shorten; simplify; sketch; sketch out; slash; snub; step down; strike; strike off; strike out; stunt; sum up; summarize; synopsize; take away from; take from; take in; tap; telescope; trim; truncate; tune down; void