Synonyms for abridged

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uh-brij

Phonetic Transcription : əˈbrɪdʒ

Top 10 synonyms for abridged

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Définition of abridged

Origin : c.1300, abreggen, "to make shorter, to condense," from Old French abregier "abridge, diminish, shorten," from Late Latin abbreviare "make short" (see abbreviate). The sound development from Latin -vi- to French -dg- is paralleled in assuage (from assuavidare) and deluge (from diluvium). Related: Abridged; abridging.

verb shorten

Example sentences :

She gave me an abridged account of her life since we had met.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

"Short roads" and "abridged methods" are characteristic of the century.
Extract from : « How to Succeed » by Orison Swett Marden

This is an abridged statement verified by the church itself.
Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 » by Various

There was no watch kept, and the captives had no indication that they were abridged of their freedom.
Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott

In the abridged London edition of 1807, there are plates of an alleged "whale" and a "narwhale."
Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville

The following account of this performance is abridged from his autobiography.
Extract from : « Niels Klim's journey under the ground » by Baron Ludvig Holberg

Abridged by a Gentleman of Boston, from the London quarto edition.
Extract from : « A New Guide for Emigrants to the West » by J. M. Peck

They have abridged their wide vision and have made it narrow and superficial.
Extract from : « Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 » by Various

Then the sobriquet was abridged—by night was omitted, but fly remained.
Extract from : « The Story of My Life, volumes 4-6 » by Augustus J. C. Hare

The English translation of the Historia (London, 1826) is abridged.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 7 » by Various

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