An unabridged dictionary does not omit those words. ( transitive ) To make shorter to shorten in duration or extent. The abridged dictionary deliberately omits some words, due to rareness of use or inappropriateness.( transitive, archaic, rare ) To debar from.( transitive, archaic ) To deprive to cut off.( Received Pronunciation ) IPA ( key): /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ/Ībridge ( third-person singular simple present abridges, present participle abridging, simple past and past participle abridged).From Middle English abreggen ( “ curtail, lessen ” ), abregge, abrigge, from Old French abregier abreger, from Late Latin abbrevio ( “ make brief ” ), from ad- + brēvio ( “ shorten ” ).In modern word-formation sometimes ad- and ab- are regarded as opposites, but this was not in classical Latin. The process went further in England than in France (where the vernacular sometimes resisted the pedantic), resulting in English adjourn, advance, address, advertisement (Modern French ajourner, avancer, adresser, avertissement). To limit curtail: an unconstitutional law that abridged the rights of citizens. Over-correction at the end of the Middle Ages in French and then English "restored" the -d- or a doubled consonant to some words that never had it ( accursed, afford). Preparing for your Cambridge English exam Get ready with Test&Train, the online practice tool from Cambridge. To reduce the length of (a written text) condense: The editor abridged the manuscript by cutting out two chapters. formal : to lessen the strength or effect of (something, such as a right) unlawful attempts to abridge curtail, weaken freedom of speech. abridge a dictionary by omitting rare/uncommon words.
In many cases pronunciation followed the shift. : to shorten (a book, a play, etc.) by leaving out some parts. To limit curtail: an unconstitutional law that abridged the rights of citizens. An abridged version of a book is a shortened version: its not complete because parts have been cut or omitted. in words it had picked up from Old French. To reduce the length of (a written text) condense: The editor abridged the manuscript by cutting out two chapters. declining business forced the company to retrench. retrench suggests a reduction in extent or costs of something felt to be excessive. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Copyright 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. In Old French, reduced to a- in all cases (an evolution already underway in Merovingian Latin), but French refashioned its written forms on the Latin model in 14c., and English did likewise 15c. abridge implies a reduction in compass or scope with retention of essential elements and a relative completeness in the result. The act of abridging or the state of being abridged. Simplified to a- before sc-, sp- and st- modified to ac- before many consonants and then re-spelled af-, ag-, al-, etc., in conformity with the following consonant (as in affection, aggression). reduced or lessened in duration, scope, authority, etc.
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Free with ads, or go ad-free as an in-app purchase. Word-forming element expressing direction toward or in addition to, from Latin ad "to, toward" in space or time "with regard to, in relation to," as a prefix, sometimes merely emphatic, from PIE root *ad- "to, near, at." UK /p.sad dan/ US /p.sad dan/ having the part that is usually at the top turned to be at the bottom About this New Words dopamine decor ApMore new words Get the free Cambridge Dictionary +Plus app Personalized English vocabulary practice with the Cambridge Dictionary.
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