abridged

Definition

Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.

Etymology

abridge + -ed

Example Sentences

• "The novel was abridged by the author to make the audio recording a more manageable length."
• "How often is the comfort of a whole family abridged by some trifling circumstance, that ought not to have made a visible impression!"
• "CHEMINS DE FER. Edited by Jean Herbert. Elsevier Publishing Co. [...] 30s. [...] This invaluable paper-back glossary of railway terms in six languages, French, German, English, Italian, Spanish and Swedish, is an abridged edition of the Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer Lexique General des Termes Ferroviaires; [...]."

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