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Abridge vs Mitigated - What's the difference?

abridge | mitigated |

As verbs the difference between abridge and mitigated

is that abridge is (archaic) to deprive; to cut off while mitigated is (mitigate).

As an adjective mitigated is

lessened, reduced, diminished.

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

    Anagrams

    *

    References

    mitigated

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • lessened, reduced, diminished
  • * 1924 — ch 12
    • Well, though many an arraigned mortal has in hopes of mitigated penalty pleaded guilty to horrible actions, did ever anybody seriously confess to envy?

    Verb

    (head)
  • (mitigate)