abridge

Significado (Inglés)

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

Pronunciado como (IPA)
/əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

From Middle English abreggen, abregge, abrigge (“curtail, lessen”), from Old French abregier, abreger, from Late Latin abbreviō, abberiāre (“make brief”). Doublet of abbreviate.

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