See Also: abridged(dictionary)

abridged (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: abregier, from Late Latin abbreviare; ABBREVIATE]
an abridged book, play etc has been made shorter but keeps its basic structure and meaning
::The abridged edition was published in 1988.
-- abridge v [T]
-- abridgement also abridgment
n [U and C]