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From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) :   [ devils ]

  ABRIDGE, v.t.  To shorten.
  
          When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for
      people to abridge their king, a decent respect for the opinions of
      mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel
      them to the separation.
                                                         Oliver Cromwell
  
  

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Abridge \A*bridge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abridged; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Abridging.] [OE. abregen, OF. abregier, F.
     abr['e]ger, fr. L. abbreviare; ad + brevis short. See Brief
     and cf. Abbreviate.]
     1. To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to
        diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge
        power or rights. ``The bridegroom . . . abridged his
        visit.'' --Smollett.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her
              train from state to necessity.        --Fuller.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining
        the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a
        history or dictionary.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by
        from; as, to abridge one of his rights.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Abridge \A*bridge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abridged; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Abridging.] [OE. abregen, OF. abregier, F.
     abr['e]ger, fr. L. abbreviare; ad + brevis short. See Brief
     and cf. Abbreviate.]
     1. To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to
        diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge
        power or rights. ``The bridegroom . . . abridged his
        visit.'' --Smollett.
  
              She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her
              train from state to necessity.        --Fuller.
  
     2. To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining
        the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a
        history or dictionary.
  
     3. To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by
        from; as, to abridge one of his rights.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  abridge
       v : reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The
           manuscript must be shortened" [syn: foreshorten, abbreviate,
            shorten, cut, contract, reduce] [ant: elaborate]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  abridge
     Αγγλικά vb.
     συντομεύω, περικόβω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  abridge
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive archaic) To deprive; to cut off. (First attested
  from around (1150 to 1350))<ref name=SOED>(R:SOED5:
  page=8)</ref>
     2 (lb en transitive archaic rare) To debar from. (First attested from
  around (1150 to 1350))<ref name=SOED/>
     3 (lb en transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or
  extent. (First attested from around (1350 to 1470))<ref
  name=SOED/>

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Abridge
     n.
     (place en village co/Essex cc/England)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  abridge
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive archaic) To deprive; to cut off. (First attested
  from around (1150 to 1350))<ref name=SOED>(R:SOED5:
  page=8)</ref>
     2 (lb en transitive archaic rare) To debar from. (First attested from
  around (1150 to 1350))<ref name=SOED/>
     3 (lb en transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or
  extent. (First attested from around (1350 to 1470))<ref
  name=SOED/>

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Abridge
     n.
     (place en village co/Essex cc/England)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  abridge
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive archaic) To deprive; to cut off. (First attested
  from around (1150 to 1350))<ref name=SOED>(R:SOED5:
  page=8)</ref>
     2 (lb en transitive archaic rare) To debar from. (First attested from
  around (1150 to 1350))<ref name=SOED/>
     3 (lb en transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or
  extent. (First attested from around (1350 to 1470))<ref
  name=SOED/>

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Abridge
     n.
     (place en village co/Essex cc/England)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  abridge
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive archaic) To deprive; to cut off. (First attested
  from around (1150 to 1350))<ref name=SOED>(R:SOED5:
  page=8)</ref>
     2 (lb en transitive archaic rare) To debar from. (First attested from
  around (1150 to 1350))<ref name=SOED/>
     3 (lb en transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or
  extent. (First attested from around (1350 to 1470))<ref
  name=SOED/>

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Abridge
     n.
     (place en village co/Essex cc/England)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  abridge
     Englanti vb.
     kaventaa, lyhentää, supistaa, typistää

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  abridge
     Engelska vb.
     1 förkorta, korta av; minska eller begränsa
     2 korta ned genom att använda färre ord, men utan att något av
  innehållet går förlorat

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  abridge /ɐbɹˈɪdʒ/
  1. begrens, bepaal, beperk
  2. bekort
  3. verminder

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Abridge /ɐbɹˈɪdʒ/
  1. اختصر
  2. أوجز
  3. قصّر
  4. يختصر
  5. يقصر ::

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  abridge //əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ// 
  1. лишавам, ограничавам
  to deprive
  2. скъсявам, съкращавам
  to make shorter
  3. съкращавам
  to shorten or contract by using fewer words

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  abridge /ɐbɹˈɪdʒ/ 
  zbavit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  abridge /ɐbɹˈɪdʒ/ 
  zestručnit
           Note: text

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  abridge /ɐbɹˈɪdʒ/ 
  zkrátit
           Note: text

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  abridge /ɐbɹˈɪdʒ/ 
  einschränken [ein Recht usw.] , beschneiden  [jur.]
     Synonym: cabin
  
   see: abridging, cabining, abridged, cabined
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  abridge /ɐbɹˈɪdʒ/
  
  συντομεύω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  abridge //əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ// 
  1. riistää, viedä
  to deprive
  2. lyhentää, supistaa, typistää
  to make shorter
  3. lyhentää
  to shorten or contract by using fewer words

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  abridge /əbridʒ/
  1. limiter
  2. abréger, raccourcir
  3. abaisser, amoindrir, diminuer

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  abridge /ɐbɹˈɪdʒ/ 
  1. संक्षेपण~करना
        "The book was abridged for children."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  abridge /ɐbɹˈɪdʒ/
  lišiti, ograničiti, pokratiti, poniženje, skratiti, sniženje, zbiti

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  abridge /ɐbɹˈɪdʒ/
  limitare, restringere

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  abridge /əbridʒ/
  1. abbreviare, curtare
  2. breviare

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  abridge /ə'brıdʒ/ 
  1. (su)trumpinti, (su)traukti
  2. (su)siaurinti, (ap)riboti (teises ir pan.)
  3. atimti (of)

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  abridge /əbridʒ/ 
  resumir, demarcar, limitar, restringir

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  abridge /əbridʒ/
  1. limitar
  2. abreviar, acortar

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  abridge /ɐbɹˈɪdʒ/
  1. kısaltmak, özetlemek, kesmek
  2. mahrum etmek abridgement   kısaltma, özetleme
  3. azalma, kesilme
  4. bir  eser, demeç veya sözün kısaltılmış şekli
  5. özet, hulâsa.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/əˈbɹɪdʒ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  107 Moby Thesaurus words for "abridge":
     abbreviate, abstract, bereave, bleed, blot out, blue-pencil, bob,
     boil down, bowdlerize, brief, cancel, capsule, capsulize, censor,
     clip, compress, condense, contract, crop, cross out, curtail, cut,
     cut back, cut down, cut off, cut off short, cut short, damp,
     dampen, decrease, deduct, deflate, delete, depreciate, depress,
     deprive, deprive of, digest, diminish, disentitle, divest, dock,
     downgrade, drain, ease one of, edit, edit out, elide, epitomize,
     erase, expunge, expurgate, foreshorten, kill, lessen,
     lighten one of, limit, lower, milk, mine, minify, minimize, mow,
     narrow, nip, nutshell, omit, outline, pare, poll, pollard, prune,
     reap, recap, recapitulate, reduce, rescind, restrict, retrench,
     roll back, rub out, scale down, shave, shear, shorten, simplify,
     sketch, sketch out, slash, snub, step down, strike, strike off,
     strike out, stunt, sum up, summarize, synopsize, take away from,
     take from, take in, tap, telescope, trim, truncate, tune down,
     void
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 删节,缩短;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 删节,缩短,剥夺

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