ENGLISH: abridge - CREOLE: abreje



Overview of verb abridge



The verb abridge has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (1) abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce -- (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened")

2. abridge -- (lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression")

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