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Abridge
v. t.
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To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.
Abridge
v. t.
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To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.
Abridge
v. t.
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To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.
Abridger
n.
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One who abridges.
Abridgment
n.
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The act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses.
Abridgment
n.
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An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
Abridgment
n.
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That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly.
Abroach
v. t.
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To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.
Abroach
adv.
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Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped.
Abroach
adv.
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Hence: In a state to be diffused or propagated; afoot; astir.
Abroad
adv.
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At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad.
Abroad
adv.
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Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad.
Abroad
adv.
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Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as, we have broils at home and enemies abroad.
Abroad
adv.
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Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely.
Abrogable
a.
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Capable of being abrogated.
Abrogate
a.
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Abrogated; abolished.
Abrogated
imp. & p. p.
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of Abrogate
Abrogating
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Abrogate
Abrogate
v. t.
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To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.
Abrogate
v. t.
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To put an end to; to do away with.
Abrogation
n.
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The act of abrogating; repeal by authority.
Abrogative
a.
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Tending or designed to abrogate; as, an abrogative law.
Abrogator
n.
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One who repeals by authority.
Abrood
adv.
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In the act of brooding.
Abrook
v. t.
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To brook; to endure.
Abrupt
a.
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Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.
Abrupt
a.
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Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
Abrupt
a.
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Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.
Abrupt
a.
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Suddenly terminating, as if cut off.
Abrupt
n.
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An abrupt place.