Akademik
abridge
v.tr.
1 shorten (a book,
film
,
etc
.) by using fewer words or making deletions.
2 curtail (
liberty
).
Derivatives
:
abridgable adj. abridger n.
Etymology
: ME f. OF abreg(
i
)er f. LL abbreviare ABBREVIATE
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