📖 Definitions of "Abridged"
verb
- 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.
adjective
- 1
Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.
"The novel was abridged by the author to make the audio recording a more manageable length."
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