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Definition of Abridged
1. Adjective. (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting. "An abridged version"
Definition of Abridged
1. Adjective. cut or shortened, especially of a literary work ¹
2. Verb. (past of abridge) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abridged
1. abridge [v] - See also: abridge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abridged
Literary usage of Abridged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"(abridged Account.'] By SE SHEPPARD, D.Sc., and CEK MEES, ... The following
abridged account summarises the results of an investigation to be published in a ..."
2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"... Weaver); reproduced in great part in Clarke's Lives of Eminent Persons, 1683, i.
95 ; much abridged in ... 721 ; abo abridged in ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1816)
"'li/iTn considerable interest we announced, and with pa- *" tient attention we
epitomized, this author's abridged History of Greek Literature in the ..."
4. A Treatise on Conic Sections: Containing an Account of Some of the Most by George Salmon (1900)
"IP we have an equation of the second degree expressed in the abridged notation
explained in Chap, iv., and if we desire to know whether it represents a ..."
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