A person who makes an abridgement; a summarizer, a compiler. Also: a person who or thing which curtails or reduces something.
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释义 | the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > curtailment > one who (6) abridger1555 A person who makes an abridgement; a summarizer, a compiler. Also: a person who or thing which curtails or reduces something. diminisher1601 One who or that which diminishes or lessens. retrencher1699 A person who retrenches something; esp. a person who reduces or cuts down on something. amputator1810 One who amputates. lit. and fig. docker1810 One who docks the tails of horses, etc. curtailer1813 One who curtails, shortens, abridges. |
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