abridgedadj.

Brit.

/əˈbrɪdʒd/, U.S.

/əˈbrɪdʒd/

Forms: see abridge v. and -ed suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: abridge v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < abridge v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French abregé , Middle French abrégié , Middle French, French abrégé , use as adjective of past participle of abreger , abregier , etc. abridge v. (late 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman). Compare abbreviate adj., abbreviated adj.

1. Shortened, cut short; limited, curtailed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > curtailed

abridgeda1382

docked1408

defalcate1531

decurted?1550

curtailed1561

limited1590

minced1609

clipped1788

razeed1821

shorn1853

restricted1856

curtate1875

fine-cut1894

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. x. 22 Ending abreggid [L. consummatio abbreviata] shal flowe riȝtwisnesse.

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 74 To the end that the right, or greater trunke of Vena porta might be seated in the smal guttes with shorter iourney, and to transferre the meate to the liuer by more abridged way.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. v. sig. Q6^v Die rather would he in penurious paine, And his abridged dayes in dolour wast.

1621 R. Speght Mortalities Memorandum 21 Consider man in his abridged time, What pricking perill he therein doth beare.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 298 In our abridged and septuagesimall ages, it is very rare..to behold the fourth generation.

1656 W. Prynne Short Demurrer to Jewes Remitter 26 I am a maimed and abridged King, yea, now but an halfed King.

1795 W. Woodfall Deb. East India House 29 May 35 The abridged powers of the Court, never could be regretted more truly than at present.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. xiv. 283 ‘In heaven's name,’ said he, ‘to what purpose serve these abridged cloaks?’

1857 E. D. Sanborn in D. Webster Private Corr. I. 37 He taught district schools, during each winter of his abridged college course.

1897 W. C. Hazlitt Four Generations Lit. Family II. 155 The abridged petticoats of the ladies proceeded to an intolerable pitch.

1929 T. R. Glover Infl. Christ in Anc. World iv. 75 A message of the highest conceivable morality to men and women who had failed to satisfy even the abridged standards of a pagan city.

1951 W. W. Elliott & E. R. C. Miles College Math. (ed. 2) vi. 66 The process of dividing f (x ) by a linear expression of the form x−r may be shortened by an abridged method known as synthetic division.

1985 D. T. Meyers Inalienable Rights i. 6 It must be asked what remains of an abridged right..in the aftermath of abridgment.

2. Of a text: edited into a shortened form, esp. by omitting the less important passages of the original; summarized, digested. Of an account, narrative, etc.: condensed, concise.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [adjective] > shortened

docked1408

abbreviatec1425

abridged?c1430

shorted1483

abbreviatedc1487

curtailed1561

curted1568

curtala1592

shortened1598

curt1665

brief1668

curtate1893

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [adjective] > abridged

abridged?c1430

curtailed1561

?c1430 (c1400) Rule St. Francis (Corpus Cambr.) in F. D. Matthew Eng. Wks. Wyclif (1880) 41 Þei may haue breuyaries, þat is small sauteris or abreggid.

1490 Arte & Crafte to knowe well to Dye (Caxton) 23 Thus endeth the trayttye abredged of the arte to lerne well to deye.

1592 A. Munday tr. G. Telin Archaioplutos sig. I 4^v According to the most soundest opinion, as of Trogus Pompeus, and Iustin in the first Booke of his abridged Hystories.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 411 For want of pattering an abridged Pater.

1700 P. Danet Compl. Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. at Seculares Ludi Their Works being lost, we should have remained ignorant of the chief Ceremonies thereof, if Zozimus..had not taken Care to give us an abridged Account thereof.

1763 D. Hume Let. 28 Oct. in E. C. Mossner & I. S. Ross Corr. A. Smith (1977) lxxvii. 97 As this is the first Letter I write to my Friends at home, I have amus'd myself..by giving you a very abridg'd Account of these Transactions.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxv. 261 Mr. Pickwick proceeded to pour into the horror-stricken ear of Mr. Nupkins, an abridged account of Mr. Jingle's atrocities.

1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. App. 651 This account appears in an abridged form.

1910 H. G. Wells Hist. Mr. Polly vii. 218 Every issue of every trade journal has its four or five columns of abridged bankruptcy proceedings.

1969 V. Nabokov Let. 13 Dec. in Sel. Lett. (1989) 465 If you are publishing the abridged Eugene Onegin.., I would like that work to be part of my obligations.

2003 R. Ollard in A. L. Rowse Diaries p. xi Rowse himself prepared a few abridged texts of these ample originals.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abridged
释义	abridgedadj. Brit. /əˈbrɪdʒd/, U.S. /əˈbrɪdʒd/ Forms: see abridge v. and -ed suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: abridge v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < abridge v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French abregé , Middle French abrégié , Middle French, French abrégé , use as adjective of past participle of abreger , abregier , etc. abridge v. (late 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman). Compare abbreviate adj., abbreviated adj. 1. Shortened, cut short; limited, curtailed. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > curtailed abridgeda1382 docked1408 defalcate1531 decurted?1550 curtailed1561 limited1590 minced1609 clipped1788 razeed1821 shorn1853 restricted1856 curtate1875 fine-cut1894 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. x. 22 Ending abreggid [L. consummatio abbreviata] shal flowe riȝtwisnesse. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 74 To the end that the right, or greater trunke of Vena porta might be seated in the smal guttes with shorter iourney, and to transferre the meate to the liuer by more abridged way. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. v. sig. Q6^v Die rather would he in penurious paine, And his abridged dayes in dolour wast. View more context for this quotation 1621 R. Speght Mortalities Memorandum 21 Consider man in his abridged time, What pricking perill he therein doth beare. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 298 In our abridged and septuagesimall ages, it is very rare..to behold the fourth generation. View more context for this quotation 1656 W. Prynne Short Demurrer to Jewes Remitter 26 I am a maimed and abridged King, yea, now but an halfed King. 1795 W. Woodfall Deb. East India House 29 May 35 The abridged powers of the Court, never could be regretted more truly than at present. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. xiv. 283 ‘In heaven's name,’ said he, ‘to what purpose serve these abridged cloaks?’ 1857 E. D. Sanborn in D. Webster Private Corr. I. 37 He taught district schools, during each winter of his abridged college course. 1897 W. C. Hazlitt Four Generations Lit. Family II. 155 The abridged petticoats of the ladies proceeded to an intolerable pitch. 1929 T. R. Glover Infl. Christ in Anc. World iv. 75 A message of the highest conceivable morality to men and women who had failed to satisfy even the abridged standards of a pagan city. 1951 W. W. Elliott & E. R. C. Miles College Math. (ed. 2) vi. 66 The process of dividing f (x ) by a linear expression of the form x−r may be shortened by an abridged method known as synthetic division. 1985 D. T. Meyers Inalienable Rights i. 6 It must be asked what remains of an abridged right..in the aftermath of abridgment. 2. Of a text: edited into a shortened form, esp. by omitting the less important passages of the original; summarized, digested. Of an account, narrative, etc.: condensed, concise. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [adjective] > shortened docked1408 abbreviatec1425 abridged?c1430 shorted1483 abbreviatedc1487 curtailed1561 curted1568 curtala1592 shortened1598 curt1665 brief1668 curtate1893 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [adjective] > abridged abridged?c1430 curtailed1561 ?c1430 (c1400) Rule St. Francis (Corpus Cambr.) in F. D. Matthew Eng. Wks. Wyclif (1880) 41 Þei may haue breuyaries, þat is small sauteris or abreggid. 1490 Arte & Crafte to knowe well to Dye (Caxton) 23 Thus endeth the trayttye abredged of the arte to lerne well to deye. 1592 A. Munday tr. G. Telin Archaioplutos sig. I 4^v According to the most soundest opinion, as of Trogus Pompeus, and Iustin in the first Booke of his abridged Hystories. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 411 For want of pattering an abridged Pater. 1700 P. Danet Compl. Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. at Seculares Ludi Their Works being lost, we should have remained ignorant of the chief Ceremonies thereof, if Zozimus..had not taken Care to give us an abridged Account thereof. 1763 D. Hume Let. 28 Oct. in E. C. Mossner & I. S. Ross Corr. A. Smith (1977) lxxvii. 97 As this is the first Letter I write to my Friends at home, I have amus'd myself..by giving you a very abridg'd Account of these Transactions. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxv. 261 Mr. Pickwick proceeded to pour into the horror-stricken ear of Mr. Nupkins, an abridged account of Mr. Jingle's atrocities. 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. App. 651 This account appears in an abridged form. 1910 H. G. Wells Hist. Mr. Polly vii. 218 Every issue of every trade journal has its four or five columns of abridged bankruptcy proceedings. 1969 V. Nabokov Let. 13 Dec. in Sel. Lett. (1989) 465 If you are publishing the abridged Eugene Onegin.., I would like that work to be part of my obligations. 2003 R. Ollard in A. L. Rowse Diaries p. xi Rowse himself prepared a few abridged texts of these ample originals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1382
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