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Meanings of abridge in English

Portuguese
encurtar
Catalan
encongir
Spanish
contraer

Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.

    encurtar
    Usage of abridge in English
    1
    Those notices necessarily abridge the relation of this section of the chapter.
    The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
    2
    I don't think the worse of you for wishing to abridge it.
    Night and Morning, Volume 4
    3
    M. Piotrowski gives an account of it, from which I abridge the following:
    Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar...
    4
    You abridge me of my rights, in denying me a change of name.
    Home as Found / Sequel to "Homeward Bound"
    5
    Her father at length found it necessary to abridge the interview.
    Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia
    6
    That we must abridge the laws regarding compulsory education is evident.
    The Fourth "R"
    7
    I shall, therefore, greatly abridge the chronicle of my subsequent years.
    Autobiography
    8
    I abridge, I stop, I have too much the advantage; moreover, I am dying.
    Les Misérables
    9
    He should not therefore abridge the time of his usefulness by his own act.
    Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius
    10
    And because I will abridge it they are my enemies.
    The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
    11
    We cannot, therefore, abridge this letter, nor deny ourselves the pleasure of transcribing it:
    Empress Josephine: An Historical Sketch of the Days of Napoleon
    12
    He said he would gladly abridge his life of Chatterton, if I required it.
    Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey
    13
    First, of all useful machines and instruments of trade, which facilitate and abridge labour.
    An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
    14
    But we must abridge, we will only present them briefly.
    The History of a Crime / The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
    15
    They ought not to abridge its dignity, nor to put limits to its benevolence.
    A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 / Taken from a View of the ...
    16
    We shall abridge Mr. Delepierre's statement of this curious case.
    The Unseen World, and Other Essays
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