abridge vt.
to make...shortened; to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting; to curtail; to diminish; to deprive of (privileges, rights, etc.)
1. This story must be abridged.
2. He's currently abridged his long story.
3. The play was abridged for TV.
4. The new dictionary is abridged from the old one.
5. He decided to abridge his stay here after he received a letter from home.
an abridged version
abridge/condense a written work
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