| (v. t.) | To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights. | |
| (v. t.) | To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary. | |
| (v. t.) | To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights. |
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