|
TRUNCATE |
Abridge |
|
SUMMARISE |
Abridge |
|
ENCAPSULATE |
Abridge |
|
CURTAIL |
Abridge |
|
|
|
TO CUT A LONG SHORT STORY |
To abridge |
|
TOCUTALONGSHORTSTORY |
To abridge |
|
ABREGGE |
See Abridge. |
|
ABRIDGED |
Of Abridge |
|
|
|
ABRIDGING |
Of Abridge |
|
ABSTRACT |
To epitomize; to abridge. |
|
RESTRAIN |
To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge. |
|
RETRENCH |
To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench
superfluities or expenses. |
|
ABBREVIATE |
To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce
by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken. |
|
ABRIDGE |
To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly
by from; as, to abridge one of his rights. |
|
CONDENSE |
To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or
concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to
epitomize. |
|
SHORTEN |
To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to
lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to shorten work, an
allowance of food, etc. |
|
EPITOMIZE |
To make an epitome of; to shorten or abridge, as a
writing or discourse; to reduce within a smaller space; as, to
epitomize the works of Justin. |
|
LOGARITHM |
...ohn
Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical
calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of
mul... |
|
DOUBLET |
...ived by
different courses from the same original from; as, crypt and grot are
doublets; also, guard and ward; yard and garden; abridge and
ab... |
|
RAZEE |
To cut down to a less number of decks, and thus to an
inferior rate or class, as a ship; hence, to prune or abridge by
cutting off or retrenching parts; as, to razee a book, or an article. |