abridge
verb
[ əˈbrɪdʒ ]
• shorten (a piece of writing) without losing the sense.
• "the introduction is abridged from the author's afterword to the novel"
Similar:
shorten,
cut,
cut short/down,
curtail,
truncate,
lessen,
trim,
crop,
clip,
pare down,
prune,
abbreviate,
condense,
contract,
compress,
reduce,
decrease,
diminish,
shrink,
summarize,
give a summary of,
sum up,
abstract,
give an abstract of,
precis,
give a precis of,
synopsize,
give a synopsis of,
digest,
give a digest of,
outline,
give an outline of,
sketch,
put in a nutshell,
edit,
epitomize,
• curtail (a right or privilege).
• "even the right to free speech can be abridged"
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘deprive of’): from Old French abregier, from late Latin abbreviare ‘cut short’ (see abbreviate).
