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abridgers | abridges |

As a noun abridgers

is plural of lang=en.

As a verb abridges is

third-person singular of abridge.

abridgers

English

Noun

(head)

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    abridges

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (abridge)

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    abridge

    English

    Verb

    (abridg)
  • (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.
    • 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 * abridgement

    Related terms

    * unabridged

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