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abridged

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a·bridge  (-brj)
tr.v. a·bridged, a·bridg·ing, a·bridg·es
1. To reduce the length of (a written text); condense.
2. To cut short; curtail. See Synonyms at shorten.
[Middle English abregen, from Old French abregier, from Late Latin abbrevire, to shorten; see abbreviate.]
a·bridger n.
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Adj.1.abridgedabridged - (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting; "an abridged version"
short - primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months"
unabridged - (used of texts) not shortened; "an unabridged novel"
abridged
adjective shortened, shorter, reduced, brief, potted (informal) trimmed, diminished, pruned, summarized, cut, compressed, curtailed, concise, condensed, abbreviated << OPPOSITE expanded

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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.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
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.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
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