abridge /əˈbrɪʤ/ 動詞
 刪節, 縮短, 剝奪
 A·bridge v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abridged p. pr. & vb. n. Abridging.]
 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.”
    She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her train from state to necessity.   --Fuller.
 2. To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.
 3. To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.
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 abridge
      v : reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The
          manuscript must be shortened" [syn: foreshorten, abbreviate,
           shorten, cut, contract, reduce] [ant: elaborate]