ABRIDGE, ABRIDGED, ABRIDGEMENT
ADJECTIVES
► COMPENDIARIOUS abridged, brief, short, concise→ 1730 obs.
► CORREPT abridged, shortened → 1654 obs.
► CURTAL abridged, curtailed→ 1579 obs.
► DECURTATE abridged, cut down, shortened, curtailed → 1638
NOUNS
► ABBREVIATE abridgement, abstract → 1716 Sc.
► ABBREVIATURE an abridged or abbreviated copy → 1650
► ABRIDGE abridgement, shortening→ 1611 obs.
► COMPENDIUM abridgement that is brief but comprehensive → 1589
► DECURTATION abridging; shortening; cutting down→ 1652 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ABBREVIATOR a person who abbreviates, abridges, or shortens → 1615
► SUMMIST a person who abridges or summarizes→ 1600 obs.
► SUMMISTER a person who abridges or summarizes → 1586 obs.
► SUMMULARY a person who abridges or summarizes→ 1581 obs.
► SUMMULIST an abridger; a writer of a small compendious treatise of a science → 1652
VERBS
► ABBREVY to abridge, to abbreviate→ 1483 obs.
► ABREVY to abridge, to abbreviate → 1325 obs.
► BOIL DOWN to shorten, to abridge → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► CUT to abridge, to curtail, to shorten, to reduce → 1413
► DECURT to abridge, to cut down, to shorten, to dock, to curtail→ 1550 obs.
► DECURTATE to abridge, to cut down, to shorten, to dock, to curtail → 1623 obs.
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