abridge

abridge has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• 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.
• v.. lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"
• v.. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"