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abridged, ppl. a.|əˈbrɪdʒd|
[f. abridge v. + -ed.]
Shortened, cut short; contracted, condensed.
c1370Wyclif Rule of St. Francis Wks. 1880, 41 Þei may haue breuyaries, þat is small sauteris or abreggid. 1490Caxton How to Die 23 Thus endeth the trayttye abredged of the arte to lerne well to deye. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 298 In our abridged and septuagesimall ages, it is very rare..to behold the fourth generation. 1819Scott Ivanhoe xiv. (1820 I. 291) In heaven's name, said he, to what purpose serve these abridged cloaks? 1876Freeman Norm. Conq. I. App. 651 This account appears in an abridged form. |