Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to abridge
Participle: abridged
Gerund: abridging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | abridge |
| you | abridge |
| he;she;it | abridges |
| we | abridge |
| you | abridge |
| they | abridge |
Perfect
| I | have abridged |
| you | have abridged |
| he;she;it | has abridged |
| we | have abridged |
| you | have abridged |
| they | have abridged |
Past
| I | abridged |
| you | abridged |
| he;she;it | abridged |
| we | abridged |
| you | abridged |
| they | abridged |
Pluperfect
| I | had abridged |
| you | had abridged |
| he;she;it | had abridged |
| we | had abridged |
| you | had abridged |
| they | had abridged |
Future
| I | will abridge |
| you | will abridge |
| he;she;it | will abridge |
| we | will abridge |
| you | will abridge |
| they | will abridge |
Future Perfect
| I | will have abridged |
| you | will have abridged |
| he;she;it | will have abridged |
| we | will have abridged |
| you | will have abridged |
| they | will have abridged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | abridge |
| you | abridge |
| he;she;it | abridge |
| we | abridge |
| you | abridge |
| they | abridge |
Perfect
| I | have abridged |
| you | have abridged |
| he;she;it | have abridged |
| we | have abridged |
| you | have abridged |
| they | have abridged |
Imperfect
| I | abridged |
| you | abridged |
| he;she;it | abridged |
| we | abridged |
| you | abridged |
| they | abridged |
Pluperfect
| I | had abridged |
| you | had abridged |
| he;she;it | had abridged |
| we | had abridged |
| you | had abridged |
| they | had abridged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would abridge |
| you | would abridge |
| he;she;it | would abridge |
| we | would abridge |
| you | would abridge |
| they | would abridge |
Perfect
| I | would have abridged |
| you | would have abridged |
| he;she;it | would have abridged |
| we | would have abridged |
| you | would have abridged |
| they | would have abridged |
Imperative
| you | abridge |
| we | Let's abridge |
| you | abridge |
Verbs conjugated like 'abridge'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'abridge'
bridge,
abide,
abjudge,
abrade,
abregge,
arride,
bride,
bridle,
enridge,
fridge,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make shorter
- abbreviate, chop off, compress, condense, curt, curtail, lop off, make shorter, pare, prune, reduce in length, shorten, trim, truncate
- to repeat in concise form
- abstract, capsule, concise, docket, encapsulate, epitomize, gist, nutshell, outline, recap, recapitulate, run over, sum, sum up, summarize, synopsize, wrap up
- condense
- restrain, abstract, compress, restrict, shorten, digest, slash, epitomize
- decrease
- brief, contract, cut, curtail, diminish, lessen, reduce
Antonyms
- decrease
- augment, increase, amplify, enlarge
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1303, from O.Fr.
abregier "to shorten," from L.L.
abbreviare "make short" (see abbreviate). The sound development from L.
-vi- to Fr.
-dg- is paralleled in
assuage (from
assuavidare) and
deluge (from
diluvium).
2. From Middle English abreggen, abregge, abrigge (“curtail, lessen”), from Old French abregier, abreger, from Late Latin abbreviō, abbreviāre (“make brief”). Doublet of abbreviate. See: Middle English '
abreggen', Old French '
abregier'.
Sample Sentences
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The terrible crowd with which these halls and galleries were filled, so shocked me, that I abridged my stay within the shortest limits, and declined to see that portion of the building in which the refractory and violent were under closer restraint. I have no doubt that the gentleman who presided [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)