Definitions
lessen, diminish, or curtail
Word origin
From Middle English abreggen, abregge, abrigge (“curtail, lessen”), from Old French abregier, abreger, from Late Latin abbreviō, abbreviāre (“make brief”). Doublet of abbreviate.
Used in a sentence
“She retired her self to Sebaste, and abridged her train from State to necessity.”
“The bridegroom, perceiving his condition, abridged the visit […]”
“Such an episode in the Island's grand naval story her naval historians naturally abridge; one of them (G.P.R. James) candidly acknowledging that fain would he pass it over did not "impartiality forbid fastidiousness."”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Make shorter”7 letters
02“Shorten a text”7 letters
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