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| abridge | (อะบริดจฺ') vt. ย่อ, ตัดทอน, ทำให้สั้น, ตัดสิทธิ์. -abridgment, abridgement n., Syn. condense, shorten, Ant. expand | unabridged | (อัน'อะบริดจฺทฺ) adj. ไม่ย่นย่อ, ไม่ได้ย่อ, ไม่ได้ตัดตอน, สมบูรณ์เหมือนเดิม |
| | | | | | | abridge | (v) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements, Syn. cut, foreshorten, reduce, contract, shorten, abbreviate, Ant. expand | abridge | (v) lessen, diminish, or curtail | abridger | (n) one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work, Syn. abbreviator |
| Abridge | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Abridged p. pr. & vb. n. Abridging. ] [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ] She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her train from state to necessity. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights. [ 1913 Webster ] | abridged | adj. 1. 1 shortened by condensing or rewriting; -- said of texts: an abridged version [ Narrower terms: half-length ] unabridged, full-length Syn. -- condensed [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ] | abridgement | n. 1. a shortened version . Syn. -- condensation, abridgment [ WordNet 1.5 ] | Abridger | n. One who abridges. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 省略 | [しょうりゃく, shouryaku] (n, vs) (See 省略符号・しょうりゃくふごう) omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement; (P) #3,288 [Add to Longdo] | 簡略版 | [かんりゃくばん, kanryakuban] (n) { comp } abridged version [Add to Longdo] | 抄訳 | [しょうやく, shouyaku] (n, vs) abridged translation [Add to Longdo] | 端折る | [はしおる;はしょる, hashioru ; hashoru] (v5r, vt) to tuck up; to abridge [Add to Longdo] | 約する | [やくする, yakusuru] (vs-s, vt) (1) { math } to promise; (2) to abridge; to simplify; to shorten; (3) to reduce [Add to Longdo] | 約める | [つづめる, tsudumeru] (v1, vt) to abridge; to shorten; to economize [Add to Longdo] | 略記法 | [りゃっきほう, ryakkihou] (n) abridged notation [Add to Longdo] | 略文 | [りゃくぶん, ryakubun] (n) abridged sentence [Add to Longdo] |
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