[əˈbrɪdʒ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- shorten (a piece of writing) without losing the sense
(e.g: the introduction is abridged from the author's afterword to the novel)

- curtail (a right or privilege)
(e.g: even the right to free speech can be abridged)


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Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘deprive of’): from Old French abregier, from late Latin abbreviare ‘cut short’ (see abbreviate)