Abridges vs Abridged - What's the difference?
abridges | abridged |
(abridge)
(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.
cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
(abridge)
As verbs the difference between abridges and abridged
is that abridges is third-person singular of abridge while abridged is past tense of abridge.As an adjective abridged is
cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.abridges
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*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
*References
abridged
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The novel was abridged by the author to make the audio recording a more manageable length.