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Shortening (text)
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abridging
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abridge \A*bridge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abridged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Abridging .] [OE. abregen, OF. abregier, F. abr['e]ger, fr. L. abbreviare; ad + brevis short. See Brief and cf. Abbreviate .] To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to ...
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vb. (present participle of abridge English)
Usage examples of abridging.
To what but a cultivation of the mechanical arts in a degree disproportioned to the presence of the creative faculty, which is the basis of all knowledge, is to be attributed the abuse of all invention for abridging and combining labour, to the exasperation of the inequality of mankind?