Definition of Abridge

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ABRIDGE verb, transitive

	To shorten.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Abrupt

Regular definition:

ABRIDGE:
??br?d? v.tr. 1 shorten (a book, film, etc.) by using fewer words or making deletions. 2 curtail (liberty). øøabridgable adj. abridger n. [ME f. OF abreg(i)er f. LL abbreviare ABBREVIATE]

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