abridged

abridged
    adj 1: (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting; "an
           abridged version" [ant: {unabridged}]
    

abridged \abridged\ adj.
   1. 1 shortened by condensing or rewriting; -- said of texts:
      an abridged version [Narrower terms: {half-length}]
      {unabridged, full-length}

   Syn: condensed
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Abridge \A*bridge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abridged}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Abridging}.] [OE. abregen, OF. abregier, F.
   abr['e]ger, 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.
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            She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her
            train from state to necessity.        --Fuller.
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   2. To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining
      the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a
      history or dictionary.
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   3. To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by
      from; as, to abridge one of his rights.
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58 Moby Thesaurus words for "abridged":
      Spartan, abbreviated, abstracted, aposiopestic, bobbed, brief,
      brusque, capsule, capsulized, clipped, close, compact, compendious,
      compressed, concise, condensed, contracted, crisp, cropped, curt,
      curtailed, cut, cut short, digested, docked, elided, elliptic,
      epigrammatic, gnomic, laconic, mowed, mown, nipped, pithy, pointed,
      pollard, polled, pruned, reaped, reserved, sententious, shaved,
      sheared, short, short and sweet, short-cut, shortened, snub,
      snubbed, succinct, summary, synopsized, taciturn, terse, tight,
      to the point, trimmed, truncated