abridges

/əˈbɹɪdʒɪz/

IPA: /AH0 B R IH1 JH AH0 Z/

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.
5
Cut short; truncate.
6
To curtail.
“He had his rights abridged by the crooked sheriff.”

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