abridge

[A*bridge·]

So the editor wants to cut your epic 800 page history of the stapler to a 150 page summary instead. Don't cry he just wants to abridge your masterpiece, trimming it down to the more readable essential elements.

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To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.

Verb
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"


v. t.
To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.

v. t.
To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.

v. t.
To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.


Abridge

A*bridge" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abridged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Abridging.] [OE. abregen, OF. abregier, F. abr'82ger, 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.
She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her train from state to necessity.
2. To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary. 3. To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.

To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.

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