Abridge vs Environ - What's the difference?
abridge | environ | Related terms |
(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.
To surround; to encircle.
* 1673 , ”:
* Spenser
* Shakespeare
* John Donne
Abridge is a related term of environ.
As verbs the difference between abridge and environ
is that abridge is (archaic) to deprive; to cut off while environ is to surround; to encircle.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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environ
English
Verb
(en verb)- I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs
- By the known rules of antient libertie,
- When strait a barbarous noise environs me
- Of Owles and Cuckoes, Asses, Apes and Doggs.
- Dwelling in a pleasant glade, / With mountains round about environed .
- Environed he was with many foes.
- Environ me with darkness whilst I write.