abridging

Meaning of abridging

verb
  1. To deprive; to cut off.
  2. To debar from.
  3. To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
  4. To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
  5. Cut short; truncate.
  6. To curtail.
    He had his rights abridged by the crooked sheriff.

Information about abridging

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of abridging

abridg-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • abridging is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of abridging

brigading

Words that rhyme with abridging

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