They were formerly, by the common law, discharged from pontage and murage but this privilege has been abridged them since by several statutes. Than my faint means would grant continuance The sound development from Latin -vi- to French -dg- is paralleled in assuage (from assuavidare) and deluge (from diluvium ). Definitions of abridge in English Verb (1) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements (2) lessen, diminish, or curtail Examples of abridge in English (1) No state could abridge those privileges or immunities, or deny any person due process or the equal protection of the law. To deprive of in which sense it is followed by the particle from, or of, preceding the thing taken away.īy shewing something a more swelling port, 1300, abreggen, 'make shorter, shorten, condense,' from Old French abregier, abrigier 'abridge, diminish, shorten' (12c. Definition of abridge Origin : c.1300, abreggen, 'to make shorter, to condense,' from Old French abregier 'abridge, diminish, shorten,' from Late Latin abbreviare 'make short' (see abbreviate). to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting 2. Such determination abridges not that power wherein liberty consists. abridge in British English (brd ) verb (transitive) 1. The determination of the will, upon enquiry, is following the direction of that guide and he, that has a power to act or not to act, according as such determination directs, is free. To make shorter in words, keeping still the same substance.Īll these sayings, being declared by Jason of Cyrene in five books, we will essay to abridge in one volume.Ģ Macc. Samuel Johnson's Dictionary Rate this definition: 0.0 / 0 votesĮtymology: abreger, Fr. to shorten (a piece of writing) while preserving its substance condense 3.
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