(chiefly UK) Alternative form of abridgment

plural of abridgement

One who abridges.

(US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation / (US) The state of being abridged or lessened. / (US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.

(transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off. / (transitive, archaic, rare) To debar from. / (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.

Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.

simple past tense and past participle of abridge

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abridge

present participle of abridge

plural of abridgment