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Showing words for ABRIDGE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Abridge

abridge, brigade

6 Letter Words for Abridge

abider, abreid, airbed, aridge, badger, badgir, bardie, barged, begari, begird, braide, bridge, garbed

5 Letter Words for Abridge

abide, abied, adige, aegir, aider, aiger, aired, ardeb, badge, bagie, bagre, barde, bared, barge, barid, barie, beard, begad, begar, beira, bidar, bider, bigae, birde, brage, bragi, braid, bread, bredi, bride, deair, debag, debar, derib, derig, dirge, edgar, egrid, erbia, gader, garbe, garde, geira, gibed, giber, gidar, girba, grade, gride, irade, rabid, radge, ragde, raged, rebag, rebid, redia, redig, regia, ridge

4 Letter Words for Abridge

abed, abid, abir, abri, aged, ager, aide, aire, ared, areg, arid, bade, bard, bare, bari, bead, bear, berg, bida, bide, bier, biga, bird, brad, brae, brag, bred, brei, brid, brie, brig, daer, darb, dare, darg, dari, dear, deia, diag, dieb, dier, dire, drab, drag, dreg, drib, drie, eadi, eard, egad, eira, eria, gabi, gade, gadi, gaid, gair, garb, gard, gare, gari, gear, geir, gerb, gibe, gied, gird, gire, grab, grad, grid, iare, ibrd, idea, igad, ired, rabi, rade, rage, ragi, raid, read, regd, ribe, ride, riga

3 Letter Words for Abridge

abd, abr, ade, aer, age, agr, aid, air, arb, ard, are, arg, bad, bae, bag, bai, bar, bde, bed, beg, ber, bid, big, bra, dab, dae, dag, dar, dea, deb, deg, dei, der, dia, dib, die, dig, dir, ead, ear, eir, era, erd, erg, gab, gad, gar, geb, ged, ger, gib, gid, gie, gra, iba, ida, ide, ira, ire, rab, rad, rag, rai, rbi, rea, reb, red, reg, rei, ria, rib, rid, rie, rig

Definitions for Abridge

[1] to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents: to abridge a reference book.
[2] to reduce or lessen in duration, scope, authority, etc.; diminish; curtail: to abridge a visit; to abridge one's freedom.
[3] to deprive; cut off.
[4] to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
[5] to curtail; diminish
[6] archaic to deprive of (privileges, rights, etc)

Words related to Abridge

curtail, abbreviate, truncate, trim, snip, cut, clip, lessen, abstract, reduce, condense, contract, downsize, restrict, concentrate, decrease, slash, diminish, limit, summarize

Words nearby Abridge

abrazo, abreact, abreaction, abreast, abri, abridge, abridgment, abrin, abristle, abroach, abroad

Origin of Abridge

1350–1400; Middle English abreggen, abriggen < Middle French abreg(i)er < Late Latin abbreviāre to shorten. See a-4, abbreviate

Other words from Abridge

a·bridg·a·ble , a·bridge·a·ble , adjective
a·bridg·er , noun
non·a·bridg·a·ble , adjective
re·a·bridge , verb (used with object), re·a·bridged, re·a·bridg·ing.

Word origin for Abridge

C14: via Old French abregier from Late Latin abbreviāre to shorten

Synonyms for Abridge

abbreviate, curtail, truncate, abstract, chop, clip, compress, concentrate, condense, contract, cut, decrease, digest, diminish, downsize, lessen, limit, narrow, reduce, restrict, slash, snip, summarize, trim, blue pencil, put in nutshell