Definitions for abridge

abridge a·bridge

Spelling: [uh-brij]
IPA: /əˈbrɪdʒ/

Abridge is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 247 anagrams from letters in abridge (abdegir).

Definitions for abridge

verb (used with object)

  1. to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents:
  2. to reduce or lessen in duration, scope, authority, etc.; diminish; curtail:
  3. to deprive; cut off.

Origin of abridge

1350-1400; Middle English abreggen, abriggen Middle French abreg(i)er Late Latin abbreviāre to shorten. See a-4, abbreviate

Examples for abridge

We abridge from watery Pollnitz, taking care of any sense he has.

I find that I must abridge, by abstaining from the reading of extracts.

We must not abridge the liberties of the press or the people.

Who on earth is empowered to vary or abridge the commandments of God?

At the right time and in the right dose, it can ease and abridge economic maladies.

Experience shows that it takes less time to transcribe titles in full, than to abridge them with any tolerable degree of accuracy.

But since the parting must be, 't is well to abridge the pain of long farewell.

The novelist, like every other artist, must abridge and select.

If an attempt be made to abridge that power, they preach arms and rebellion.

These the Editor has rather endeavoured to abridge than completely to remove.

Word Value for abridge
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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