abridging

(archaic, transitive) To deprive; to cut off.
(archaic, rare, transitive) To debar from.
(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
(transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
(transitive) Cut short; truncate.
(transitive) To curtail.