Abridge
Abridge ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Old English abregen, Old French abregier, French abréger, from Latin abbreviare; ad + brevis short. See Brief and compare Abbreviate.]
1.
To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.
The bridegroom... abridged his visit.
She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her train from state to necessity.
2.
To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.
3.
To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.