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- noun a shortened version .
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- noun chiefly UK Alternative form of
abridgment .
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- noun a shortened version of a written work
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Examples
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535 Here some abridgement is necessary, for we have another recital of what has been told more than once.
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Now, that, my dear reader, is called abridgement, and it is frowned upon in literary circles.
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Now, that, my dear reader, is called abridgement, and it is frowned upon in literary circles.
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I see "abridgement" on a book, I think, well I'm not getting the real deal.
Archive 2005-12-01 Brian 2005
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I see "abridgement" on a book, I think, well I'm not getting the real deal.
Reading trilogies or standalones Brian 2005
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These lines form a kind of abridgement or _précis_ of the whole
Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914
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This is referred to in the next passage, where Theseus speaks of the masque as an 'abridgement' for the evening, that is, an entertainment to shorten the hours.
Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries 1900
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First, as mentioned earlier, the portions of the Lexicon that encapsulate plot elements or sketch plotlines bear no comparison with the guidebook in Twin Peaks, whose plot summaries giving "elaborate recounting of plot details" were found to constitute an "abridgement" of the original work.
unalog 2008
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An abridgement of Bloomfield's letter, together with extracts from
Letter 241 2009
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No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting or standard, practice, or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State or political subdivision in a manner which results in a denial or abridgement of the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color ....
Wonk Room » Anti-Sotomayor Fearmongering Campaign Opens New Front: Felons And The Vote 2009
bilby commented on the word abridgement
As Jekyll walk'd out in his gown and his wig,
He happen'd to tread on a very small pig:
'Pig of science,' he said, 'or else I'm mistaken,
For surely thou art an abridgment of Bacon.'
– Anonymous, collected in I.J. Reeve, 'The Wild Garland'; or, Curiosities of Poetry, 1866.
April 20, 2009