A-bridg'ed, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. ABRIDGED; p. pr. & vb. n. ABRIDGING.] [Fr. abréger, Pr. abreugar, abreujar, abreviar. See ABBREVIATE.] 1. To make shorter; to shorten. To what purpose serve these abridged cloaks? W. Scott.

2. To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense in substance; to epitomize; as, Justin abridged the history of Trogus Pompeius.
3. To lessen; to diminish; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.
4. To deprive; to cut off; — followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.
5. (Math.) To reduce to a more simple expression, as a compound quantity or equation.