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  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. 




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