abridge

verbB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

abridges

V_ing/Gerund

abridging

V_ed/pp

abridged

1.
(archaic, transitive)To deprive; to cut off.
2.
(archaic, rare, transitive)To debar from.
3.
(transitive)To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
4.
(transitive)To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
5.
(transitive)Cut short; truncate.
6.
(transitive)To curtail.
He had his rights abridged by the crooked sheriff.

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

abridgableabridgeableabridgment reabridge abridgedabridgerabridgement unabridged

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English abreggen, abregge, abrigge (curtail, lessen), from Old French abregier, abreger, from abbreviō, abbreviāre (make brief). abbreviate.