[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

abridged \abridged\ adj.
   1. 1 shortened by condensing or rewriting; -- said of texts:
      an abridged version narrower terms: half-length
      unabridged, full-length

   syn: condensed
        wordnet 1.5 +pjc
see also:
half-length unabridged, full-length 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

abridge \abridge"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. abridged; p. pr. 
   vb. n. abridging. oe. abregen, of. abregier, f.
   abr'eger, fr. l. abbreviare; ad + brevis short. see brief
   and cf. abbreviate.
   1. to make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to
      diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge
      power or rights. "the bridegroom . . . abridged his
      visit." --smollett.
      1913 webster

            she retired herself to sebaste, and abridged her
            train from state to necessity.        --fuller.
      1913 webster

   2. to shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining
      the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a
      history or dictionary.
      1913 webster

   3. to deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by
      from; as, to abridge one of his rights.
      1913 webster
see also:
abridged abridging brief abbreviate 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

abridged
     adj : used of texts shortened by condensing or rewriting; "an
           abridged version" ant: unabridged
see also:
unabridged 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

58 moby thesaurus words for "abridged":
   spartan, abbreviated, abstracted, aposiopestic, bobbed, brief,
   brusque, capsule, capsulized, clipped, close, compact, compendious,
   compressed, concise, condensed, contracted, crisp, cropped, curt,
   curtailed, cut, cut short, digested, docked, elided, elliptic,
   epigrammatic, gnomic, laconic, mowed, mown, nipped, pithy, pointed,
   pollard, polled, pruned, reaped, reserved, sententious, shaved,
   sheared, short, short and sweet, short-cut, shortened, snub,
   snubbed, succinct, summary, synopsized, taciturn, terse, tight,
   to the point, trimmed, truncated

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