Abridge vs Delete - What's the difference?
abridge | delete |
(archaic) To deprive; to cut off.
(transitive, archaic, rare) To debar from.
To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
* The bridegroom ... abridged his visit. - Smollett
* She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her train from state to necessity. - Fuller
To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.
Cut short; truncate.
To curtail.
A remainder of a music or video release.
To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer.
(computer) To hide, conceal
As a verb abridge
is (archaic) to deprive; to cut off .As a noun delete is
a key that may be pressed to delete something (including text or files) from a computer.abridge
English
Verb
(abridg)- He had his rights abridged by the crooked sheriff.
Usage notes
* (deprive) Usually used with to' or sometimes with '''from''' as, to ' abridge one of his rights.Derived terms
* abridged * abridger * abridgementAnagrams
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delete
English
(Deletion)Noun
(-)- I lost the file when I accidentally hit delete .