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abridged adjective shortened, shorter, reduced, brief, potted (informal), trimmed, diminished, pruned, summarized, cut, compressed, curtailed, concise, condensed, abbreviated an abridged version of her new novel increased, expanded, prolonged, protracted, diffuse, amplified, drawn out, unabridged, unabbreviated Translations abridged [əˈbrɪdʒd] adj (= shortened) → abrégé(e) abridged [əˈbrɪdʒd] adj → ridotto/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Power controlled or abridged is almost always the rival and enemy of that power by which it is controlled or abridged. In the British Greenland Fishery, under the corrupted title of Specksioneer, this old Dutch official is still retained, but his former dignity is sadly abridged. Both Ephialtes and Pericles abridged the power of the Areopagites, the latter of whom introduced the method of paying those who attended the courts of justice: and thus every one who aimed at being popular proceeded increasing the power of the people to what we now see it. |
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