Meaning of "abridge" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ABRIDGE

Via Old French abregier from Late Latin abbreviāre to shorten.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ABRIDGE

abridge  [əˈbrɪdʒ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ABRIDGE

Abridge is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb abridge in English.

WHAT DOES ABRIDGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Abridge

Coordinates: 51°39′08″N 0°07′09″E / 51.6523°N 0.1191°E / 51.6523; 0.1191 Abridge is a village in Essex, England. It is on the River Roding, 16 miles southwest of the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the district of Epping Forest and in the parliamentary constituency of Brentwood & Ongar. It is part of the civil parish of Lambourne and is served by Lambourne Parish Council. It takes its name from the brick bridge over the River Roding, which is situated just to the north of the modern centre, on the road to Theydon Bois.

Definition of abridge in the English dictionary

The first definition of abridge in the dictionary is to reduce the length of by condensing or rewriting. Other definition of abridge is to curtail; diminish. Abridge is also to deprive of.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ABRIDGE

PRESENT

Present

I abridge

you abridge

he/she/it abridges

we abridge

you abridge

they abridge

Present continuous

I am abridging

you are abridging

he/she/it is abridging

we are abridging

you are abridging

they are abridging

Present perfect

I have abridged

you have abridged

he/she/it has abridged

we have abridged

you have abridged

they have abridged

Present perfect continuous

I have been abridging

you have been abridging

he/she/it has been abridging

we have been abridging

you have been abridging

they have been abridging

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I abridged

you abridged

he/she/it abridged

we abridged

you abridged

they abridged

Past continuous

I was abridging

you were abridging

he/she/it was abridging

we were abridging

you were abridging

they were abridging

Past perfect

I had abridged

you had abridged

he/she/it had abridged

we had abridged

you had abridged

they had abridged

Past perfect continuous

I had been abridging

you had been abridging

he/she/it had been abridging

we had been abridging

you had been abridging

they had been abridging

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will abridge

you will abridge

he/she/it will abridge

we will abridge

you will abridge

they will abridge

Future continuous

I will be abridging

you will be abridging

he/she/it will be abridging

we will be abridging

you will be abridging

they will be abridging

Future perfect

I will have abridged

you will have abridged

he/she/it will have abridged

we will have abridged

you will have abridged

they will have abridged

Future perfect continuous

I will have been abridging

you will have been abridging

he/she/it will have been abridging

we will have been abridging

you will have been abridging

they will have been abridging

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would abridge

you would abridge

he/she/it would abridge

we would abridge

you would abridge

they would abridge

Conditional continuous

I would be abridging

you would be abridging

he/she/it would be abridging

we would be abridging

you would be abridging

they would be abridging

Conditional perfect

I would have abridge

you would have abridge

he/she/it would have abridge

we would have abridge

you would have abridge

they would have abridge

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been abridging

you would have been abridging

he/she/it would have been abridging

we would have been abridging

you would have been abridging

they would have been abridging

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you abridge
we let´s abridge
you abridge

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to abridge

Past participle

abridged

Present Participle

abridging

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «ABRIDGE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «abridge» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of abridge

abbreviate · abstract · clip · compress · concentrate · condense · contract · curtail · cut · cut down · decrease · digest · diminish · downsize · epitomize · lessen · prune · reduce · shorten · summarize · synopsize · trim · truncate

TRANSLATION OF ABRIDGE

Find out the translation of abridge to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of abridge from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «abridge» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 删节
• Translator English - Spanish: abrevie
• English: abridge
• Translator English - Hindi: संक्षेपण
• Translator English - Arabic: ينتقص
• Translator English - Russian: сокращать
• Translator English - Portuguese: abreviar
• Translator English - Bengali: সংক্ষেপ করা
• Translator English - French: abréger
• Translator English - Malay: Abridge
• Translator English - German: kürzen
• Translator English - Japanese: 短くする
• Translator English - Korean: 요약하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Mbatalake
• Translator English - Vietnamese: kể chuyện
• Translator English - Tamil: குறுக்குங்கள்
• Translator English - Marathi: संक्षिप्त करा
• Translator English - Turkish: kısaltmak
• Translator English - Italian: abbreviare
• Translator English - Polish: skrócić
• Translator English - Ukrainian: скорочувати
• Translator English - Romanian: prescurta
• Translator English - Greek: μειώνω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: besnoeien
• Translator English - Swedish: förkorta
• Translator English - Norwegian: forkorte

2 QUOTES WITH «ABRIDGE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word abridge.

1

Lyman Trumbull

Each state, so that it does not abridge the great fundamental rights belonging, under the Constitution, to all citizens, may grant or withhold such civil rights as it pleases; all that is required is that, in this respect, its laws shall be impartial.

2

Sol Wachtler

In the past, those who had ideas they wished to communicate to the public had the unquestioned right to disseminate those ideas in an open marketplace, called a mall, we should not abridge that right.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ABRIDGE»

Discover the use of abridge in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to abridge and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

No State Shall Abridge: The Fourteenth Amendment and the ...

“The book is carefully organized and well written, and it deals with a question that is still of great importance—what is the relationship of the Bill of Rights to the states.”—Journal of American History “Curtis effectively ...

Michael Kent Curtis, 1986

the funerary art of ancient egypt: abridge to the relam of ...

This book is novel in that it is the first to discuss the artistic development of funerary scenes over the four hundred years of the New Kingdom, covering the different reigns of the period.

abeer el shahawy, 2005

We the People the Fourteenth Amendment and the Su

Let's start with the word "abridge". The Fourteenth Amendment forbids states to make or enforce laws that "abridge" the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States. Other amendments forbid states to "deny or abridge" ...

Michael J. Perry, 1999

Synonyms Discriminated: A Dictionary of Synonymous Words in ...

Yet abbreviate is hardl ever use but in the simple sense 0 to shorten, while abridge is applied with more play of metaphor, as to abridge powers and privi eges. We speak peculiarly of abbreviating words in writing, as Dr., Lieut., Esq. To abridge ...

Charles John Smith, 1908

Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of ...

8 P. Now, it was upon this difference that a distinction took place in the common law as to the right of the demandant to abridge his demand. If the writ was special , he could not abridge his demand in any case. If the writ was general, de libero ...

United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, 1855

Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous ...

ABRIDGE. ABBREVIATE. CURTAIL. CONTRACT. Of these ABRIDGE and ABBREVIATE are the same word etymologically, the Latin abbreviare becoming the French abreger (brevis, short). Yet abbreviate is hardly ever used but in the simple ...

‎1871

The Southwestern Reporter

If. within the mea'ning of the above statute, they do not limit or abridge the duty or liability of the carrier as It exists at common law or by virtue of any statutory enactment, then they must determine the right of the plaintiff to maintain this action, ...

Principles of Equity

jjlri'irr ..rfr,v»ii')r*ri'tf* Forms of the common law dispensed with, in order to abridge law-suits. Retention, which is an equitable exception resembling compensation, was introduced by the Court of Session, without authority of a statute.

Lord Henry Home Kames, 1825

The Statutes at Large: From the Magna Charta, to the End of ...

Plaintiffs in qfftse may abridge their plaints. FORASMUCH as afffes, which have been thought the most Dyer, 6i, 65, speedy remedy, be now by occasion os pleading of many ban ^88,13*. moieties and parts of the lands put in view and plaint, ...

Great Britain, Danby Pickering, 1763

Source listing of OMNITAB II program

SUBROUTINE ABRIDG ABR 10 c VERSION 5.00 ABRIDG 5/15/70 ABR 20 c ABR 30 c TH£ COMMAND ABRIDGE MAY BE USE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS ABR 40 c ABRIDGE ROW,, OF COL ++,++, (USE RPRINT UNLESS IOSWT HAS ...

Sally T. Peavy, Ruth N. Varner, David Hogben, 1971

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ABRIDGE»

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Texas A.G. Ken Paxton Orders State Officials to Violate Texas …

... fake Christians from using “their religious freedom” to abridge any other Texans' civil rights; including the right to marry the person they love. «PoliticusUSA, Jul 15»

WALTER WILLIAMS: Constitutional ignorance and dereliction

Some of the founders' distrust is seen in our Constitution's language, such as Congress shall not abridge, infringe, deny, disparage, violate or ... «nwitimes.com, Jul 15»

A Decision for the Ages

The Court then held that laws that exclude LGBTQ couples from marriage "burden the liberty of same-sex couples, and ... abridge central ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

The meaning of independence and liberty

Further, people are only truly free as long as they don't abridge the rights of other law-abiding individuals. Democratic societies enable ... «Times Gazette, Jul 15»

Review – Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play – by Harry Duke

... and the complete works of William Shakespeare, one wouldn't think the Reduced Shakespeare Company would have much left to abridge. «Sonoma County Gazette, Jul 15»

For a hilarious Shakespeare experience

They use a number of theatrical devices to abridge the show and stage the plays as reductions, a cooking show, a football game, scholarly ... «Times of India, Jul 15»

Ladies group raise £22k for charity minibus

The Abridge Ladies Golfing Group hosted the golf day at the Abridge Golf Club in ... Revitalise Trustee Linda Beaney said: "Thank you to Abridge Golf Club who ... «Epping Forest Guardian, Jul 15»

Gawker's lawyer says the Hulk Hogan sex tape isn't 'revenge porn'

In the Gawker case, many court-watchers are concerned a Hogan win conflicts with the First Amendment and will abridge journalists' rights to ... «Fusion, Jul 15»

Historical precedents led us to marriage dilemma

No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state ... «Asheville Citizen-Times, Jul 15»

Readers react to Supreme Court cases

... Constitution contemplates that democracy is the appropriate process for change, so long as that process does not abridge fundamental rights ... «Rochester Business Journal, Jul 15»