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comparative more abridged, superlative most abridged
Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work. quotations examples
How often is the comfort of a whole family abridged by some trifling circumstance, that ought not to have made a visible impression!
1850, T. S. Arthur, “A Rise in the Butter Market”, in Sketches of Life and Character, Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, page 59
CHEMINS DE FER. Edited by Jean Herbert. Elsevier Publishing Co. [...] 30s. [...] This invaluable paper-back glossary of railway terms in six languages, French, German, English, Italian, Spanish and Swedish, is an abridged edition of the Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer Lexique General des Termes Ferroviaires; [...].
1960 August, “New Reading on Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 512
simple past and past participle of abridge examples