abridge
(verb) lessen, diminish, or curtail; “the new law might abridge our freedom of expression”
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
(verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; “The manuscript must be shortened”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
abridge (third-person singular simple present abridges, present participle abridging, simple past and past participle abridged)
(transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350)]
(transitive, archaic, rare) To debar from. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350)]
(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
(transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense[First attested in 1384.]. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
(transitive) Cut short; truncate. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
(transitive) To curtail. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
• (deprive): Usually used with to or sometimes with from as, to abridge one of his rights.
• bigrade, brigade
Abridge
A village in Essex, England
• bigrade, brigade
Source: Wiktionary
A*bridge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abridged; p. pr. & vb. n. Abridging.] Etym: [OE. abregen, OF. abregier, F. abréger, 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. Fuller.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 May 2025
(noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; “an air of mystery”; “the house had a neglected air”; “an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate’s headquarters”; “the place had an aura of romance”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
