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abridged

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
abridge/əˈbrɪʤ/

▶verb

1 shorten (a text or film) without losing the sense.

2 Law curtail (a right or privilege).

– derivatives
abridgeable adjective,
abridgement (also chiefly US abridgment) noun,
abridger noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. abregier, from late L. abbreviare (see abbreviate).

'abridged' also found in these Oxford entries:

curt - hieratic

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