![]() They were formerly, by the common law, discharged from pontage and murage but this privilege has been abridged them since by several statutes. Eng. Than my faint means would grant continuance This is the meaning of abridge: abridge (English)Origin & history From Middle English abreggen ('curtail, lessen'), abregge, abrigge, from Old French abregier abreger, from Late Latin abbrevio ('make brief'), from Latin ad + brvio ('shorten'). To deprive of in which sense it is followed by the particle from, or of, preceding the thing taken away.īy shewing something a more swelling port, abridged: 1 adj (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting an abridged version Synonyms: cut, shortened with parts removed half-length abridged to half its original length potted (British informal) summarized or abridged short primarily temporal sense indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration Antonyms: unabridged. Such determination abridges not that power wherein liberty consists. abridge a dictionary by omitting rare/uncommon words. The determination of the will, upon enquiry, is following the direction of that guide and he, that has a power to act or not to act, according as such determination directs, is free. : to shorten (a book, a play, etc.) by leaving out some parts. to reduce or lessen in duration, scope, or extent diminish curtail: to abridge a visit. To make shorter in words, keeping still the same substance.Īll these sayings, being declared by Jason of Cyrene in five books, we will essay to abridge in one volume.Ģ Macc. to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents: to abridge a book. Samuel Johnson's Dictionary Rate this definition: 0.0 / 0 votesĮtymology: abreger, Fr.
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