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abridgement
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a shortened version of a written work [syn: condensation , abridgment , capsule ]
Wikipedia
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An abridgement (or abridgment ) is a condensing or reduction of a book or other creative work into a shorter form while maintaining the unity of the source. The abridgement can be true to the original work in terms of mood and tone , capturing the parts ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context chiefly UK English) (alternate form of abridgment English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
abridgement \abridgement\ n. 1. a shortened version . Syn: condensation, abridgment
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., from Old French abregement "shortening, abbreviation," from abregier (see abridge ).
Usage examples of abridgement.
The Canterbury Tales, so far as they are in verse, have been printed without any abridgement or designed change in the sense.
Of the first, containing 8246 lines, an abridgement, with a prose connecting outline of the story, is given in this volume.
Of the first, containing 8246 lines, an abridgement, with a prose connecting outline of the story, is given in this volume.
No alterations, major or minor, re-arrangements, or abridgements of this text will be approved by me – unless they proceed from myself or from direct consultation.
It was an impossibly chowder-headed abridgement of congressional hearings and civil suits and finally a criminal trial, which were spread out over two years.