Definitions
1.verbTo deprive; to cut off.
2.verbTo debar from.
3.verbTo make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
4.verbTo shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
5.verbCut short; truncate.
6.verbTo curtail."He had his rights abridged by the crooked sheriff."
7.adjectiveCut or shortened, especially of a literary work."The novel was abridged by the author to make the audio recording a more manageable length."