Synonym: abbreviate, compress, condense, contract, curtail, cut, reduce. Antonym: expand, extend. Similar words: bridge, ridge, fabric, bride, fabricate, abrupt, macabre, edge. Meaning: [ə'brɪdʒ] 
v. 1. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements 2. lessen, diminish, or curtail.
v. 1. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements 2. lessen, diminish, or curtail. 
Random good picture Not show
31. By using Design for testability, we can abridge the contriving period and reduce the cost.
32. Article 33 Book publishers may modify or abridge works with the license of authors.
33. They are nearly40 miles south of the Sea of Galilee, under the precarious ruins of abridge that was bombed during the Six Day War of June 1967.
34. A Book publisher may alter or abridge a work with the permission of the copyright owner.