Abridge
verb — past tense: abridged ; past participle: abridged ; present participle: abridging ;
- 1.
- បង្រួម, សងេ្ខប
Example: Shorten or condense, e.g., to abridge a right is to make the right less useful or complete
ឧទាហរណ៍៖ ធ្វើអោយខ្លី ឬ ធ្វើអោយនៅសង្ខេប បង្រួញសិទ្ធិ ឬធ្វើអោយសិទិ្ធមិនពេញលេញ ។ - 2.
- (ច្បាប់) បង្រួញ, បន្ថយ, សងេ្ខប
Example: Shorten or condense.
Example: To abridge a right is to make the right less useful or complete.
ឧទាហរណ៍៖ ធើ្វអោយខ្លីឬធើ្វអោយនៅសង្ខេប ។ ឧទាហរណ៍៖ បង្រួញសិទ្ធិគឺបន្ថយសិទិ្ធប្រើបានតែតិចទៅឬធើ្វអោយសិទិ្ធមិនពេញលេញ ។
adverb
- 1.
- (Cut short, abbreviate, shorten, cut off, lessen, condense, shorten) សង្ខេប, បំព្រួញ, បន្ថយ, ដាក់កម្រិត, រិតត្បិតក្នុងការចាយវាយ
Example: To abridge a long book for journal publication, to abridge the translation.
Example: May of the dictionaries we use today have been abridged from larger books.
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: abridged ; past participle: abridged ; present participle: abridging ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.
- 1.
- abbreviate, condense, contract curtail, diminish, lessen, limit, reduce, restrict shorten
- 1.
- elongate, extend