Dictionary Definition
abridge v : reduce in scope while retaining
essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" [syn:
foreshorten,
abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce] [ant: elaborate]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From etyl enm abregen, from 14th Century etyl frm abregier, (French abréger), from abbrevio, from etyl la ad + brevio. See brief and compare abbreviatePronunciation
- (RP) /əˈbrɪdʒ/
Verb
- To make shorter; to
shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.
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- The bridegroom ... abridged his visit. - Smollett
- She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her train from state to necessity. - Fuller
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- To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.
- To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.
Related terms
Translations
to make shorter (1)
- Danish: forkorte, sammendrage
- Dutch: beperken, verkorten
- French: abréger
- Finnish: lyhentää, typistää, supistaa
- German: verkürzen, kürzen
- Italian: accorciare, abbreviare, ridurre
- Norwegian: forkorte
- Portuguese: abreviar
- Spanish: abreviar, condensar compendiar
to shorten or contract by using fewer words (2)
to deprive (3)
Translations to be checked
- ttbc Interlingua: abbreviar, reducer
Anagrams
Extensive Definition
Abridge is a small town in Essex, England. It is on
the River
Roding, 26 km (16 miles) southwest of the county town
of Chelmsford. The
town is in the district of Epping
Forest and in the parliamentary constituency of
Brentwood & Ongar. It is part of the civil parish
of Lambourne and is
served by Lambourne Parish
Council.
It takes its name from the brick bridge over the
River Roding, which is situated just to the north of the modern
centre, on the road to Theydon
Bois.
History
Abridge lies on the historically important coaching route between London and Chipping Ongar and has been an important crossing point of the River Roding for many centuries. The boundary of the Conservation Area includes the historic core of the village which is evident on the Chapman and Andre Map of 1777.Listed buildings include the Blue Boar Inn (early
19th century), the group of medieval buildings that form the Roding
Restaurant, the 18th century house immediately north east of the
restaurant, Roding House (late medieval) and River Cottage in Ongar
Road, and The Maltsters Arms (18th century).
Geography
The town is in the southwest of the county, 26 km (16 miles) from Chelmsford. It is closer to London, being 23 km (14 miles) northwest of central London. It lies on the River Roding and is surrounded by a rural area. The nearest major settlements are Loughton 3.6 km (2.2 miles) to the West, Chigwell 3.9 km (2.4 miles) to the southwest and Theydon Bois 2.7 km (1.7 miles) northeast of the town.It lies within the M25 orbital,
but its closest major road link is the M11 motorway
at junction 5 (towards London only). The main road that links the
town with the M11 and Essex and London is the A113. Its
nearest rail link is
Theydon Bois tube station, on the Central Line
(Travelcard
Zone 6), 2.5 km (1.6 miles) to the northeast of the town. The
541
bus links the village with Loughton, Theydon Bois
and Epping.
It extends to Harlow on
Sundays.
Transport
Bus
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abbreviate, abstract, bereave, bleed, blot out, blue-pencil,
bob, boil down, bowdlerize, brief, cancel, capsule, capsulize, censor, clip, compress, condense, contract, crop, cross out, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off,
cut off short, cut short, damp, dampen, decrease, deduct, deflate, delete, depreciate, depress, deprive, deprive of, digest, diminish, disentitle, divest, dock, downgrade, drain, ease one of, edit, edit out, elide, epitomize, erase, expunge, expurgate, foreshorten, kill, lessen, lighten one of, limit, lower, milk, mine, minify, minimize, mow, narrow, nip, nutshell, omit, outline, pare, poll, pollard, prune, reap, recap, recapitulate, reduce, rescind, restrict, retrench, roll back, rub out,
scale down, shave,
shear, shorten, simplify, sketch, sketch out, slash, snub, step down, strike, strike off, strike out,
stunt, sum up, summarize, synopsize, take away from,
take from, take in, tap,
telescope, trim, truncate, tune down, void