abridge

abridge

1. kaventaa, lyhentää, supistaa, typistää

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abridge

sensuroida, lyhentää, leikata, editoida, rajoittaa, supistaa, hillitä, typistää, vähentää, pienentää.

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abridge (englanti > suomi)

1. lyhentää, typistää, supistaa

2. lyhentää

3. riistää, viedä

abridge englanniksi

1. puhekieltä To deprive; to cut off. (defdate)(R:SOED5)

2. puhekieltä To debar from. (defdate)

3. puhekieltä To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent. (defdate)

4. (quote-book)

5. puhekieltä To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense(defdate)(R:CDOE). (defdate)

6. 1911, (w) - Johnson, Samuel

It was still necessary for the man who had been formerly saluted by the highest authority as dictator of the English language to supply his wants by constant toil. He abridged his Dictionary. He proposed to bring out an edition of Shakespeare by subscription, and many subscribers sent in their names and laid down their money; but he soon found the task so little to his taste that he turned to more attractive employments.

7. 1891, (w), Billy Budd Chapter 3

Such an episode in the Island's grand naval story her naval historians naturally abridge; one of them (G.P.R. James) candidly acknowledging that fain would he pass it over did not "impartiality forbid fastidiousness."

8. puhekieltä Cut short; truncate. (defdate)

9. puhekieltä To curtail. (defdate)

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