abridge /ə-brijˈ/

1. To shorten
2. To epitomize
3. To curtail (rights, etc) (law)

abridgˈable or abridgeˈable adjective

abridgeˈment (sometimes abridgˈment) noun

1. Contraction
2. Shortening
3. A compendium of a larger work
4. An epitome or synopsis
5. A curtailment (law)
6. (probably) a pastime (Shakespeare)

abridgˈer noun

• tailspins
• tailstock
• tailstocks
• tailwheel
• tailwheels
• tail wind
• tail winds
• tailye
• tailyes
• tailzie
• tailzies
• Taino
• Tainos
• 'taint
• taint
• tainted
• tainting
• taintless
• taintlessly
• taints
• tainture
• taintures
• taint-worm
• taint-worms
• taipan