# abridge

> English word · Verb · IPA /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ/

## Definitions
1. To deprive; to cut off.
2. To debar from.
3. To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
4. To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
5. Cut short; truncate.
6. To curtail.

## Etymology
From Middle English abreggen, abregge, abrigge (“curtail, lessen”), from Old French abregier, abreger, from Late Latin abbreviō, abbreviāre (“make brief”). Doublet of abbreviate.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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