English to English
verb
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
The manuscript must be shortened.
source: WordNet 3.0
- lessen, diminish, or curtail
The new law might abridge our freedom of expression.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [ebrídch] Iklián; liitán
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog