Abridge v. t. : 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. : 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. : To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.

Example:
What does it mean to Abridge the rights of the first amendment?

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abridge from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... 1 a archaic : deprive b : to reduce in scope : diminish <attempts to abridge the right of free speech> ...