verb
- Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.
- usage: "The manuscript must be shortened"
- synonyms: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
- Lessen, diminish, or curtail.
- usage: "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"
- synonyms: abridge
adjective
- Used of texts. ( shortened by condensing or rewriting)
- usage: "an abridged version"
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