abridge
/icons/point.icon SHORTEN, CURTAIL, ABBREVIATE, ABRIDGE, RETRENCH mean to reduce in extent.
SHORTEN implies reduction in length or duration.
e.g. shorten a speech
CURTAIL adds an implication of cutting that in some way deprives of completeness or adequacy.
e.g. ceremonies curtailed because of rain
ABBREVIATE implies a making shorter usually by omitting some part.
e.g. using an abbreviated title
ABRIDGE implies a reduction in compass or scope with retention of essential elements and a relative completeness in the result.
e.g. the abridged version of the novel
短縮版とか
RETRENCH suggests a reduction in extent or costs of something felt to be excessive.
e.g. declining business forced the company to retrench
What is the difference between "summarize" and "abridge" ? "summarize" vs "abridge" ? | HiNative
to summarize is to re-state, tell the key points. The slang term is "to sum up"
ABRIDGE -- i have only seen the word "abridged" which means "shortened".
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"abridge" is more like making it shorter
Hellsing Abridged
verb with object
1. shorten (a piece of writing) without losing the sense:
｟かたく｠ 〈本･物語など〉を短縮［要約］する, 簡略にする; 〈時間･範囲など〉を縮小する(shorten); 〈権力〉を弱める(reduce)
e.g. the introduction is abridged from the author's afterword to the novel.
2. Law curtail (a right or privilege):
｟古｠ 【権利などを】〈人〉から奪う(deprive) «of»
e.g. even the right to free speech can be abridged.
DERIVATIVES
abridgeable adjective
abridger noun
ORIGIN
Middle English (in the sense ‘deprive of’): from Old French abregier, from late Latin abbreviare ‘cut short’ (see abbreviate).