Abridgment Definition

əbrijmənt
abridgments
noun
abridgments
The act of abridging or the state of being abridged.
American Heritage
An abridging or being abridged.
Webster's New World
An abridged written text.
American Heritage
A curtailment, as of rights.
Webster's New World
An abridged form, as of a book.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
abridgment
Plural:
abridgments

Origin of Abridgment

  • First attested in 1494. From Middle English abrygement, from Middle French abrégement. Equivalent to abridge +‎ -ment.

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Abridgment Sentence Examples

  • The Latin text is much shorter than the Welsh, but we do not know whether this abridgment was made on purpose, or whether the translation is an imitation of an earlier text.

  • His Letters on the Evidences of Christianity (1815) have been several times reprinted, and an abridgment was published by the Religious Tract Society in 1853.

  • De Doctrina Temporum, by Petavius (Denis Petau), with its continuation published in 1630, and an abridgment entitled Rationarium Temporum, in 1633-1634.

  • A Latin abridgment of philosophy, dated 1784, tells us that the innate ideas of Descartes are founded on no arguments, and are now universally abandoned.

  • The popularity of Caelius is evidenced by the fact that in the 6th century an abridgment of his larger work was recommended by Cassiodorus to the Benedictine monks for the study of medicine.

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