Abridge () To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.

Abridge () To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.

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

Abridger () One who abridges.

Abridgment () The act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses.

Abridgment () An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.

Abridgment () That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly.

Abroach () To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.

Abroach () Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped.

Abroach () Hence: In a state to be diffused or propagated; afoot; astir.

Abroad () At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad.

Abroad () Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad.

Abroad () Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as, we have broils at home and enemies abroad.

Abroad () Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely.

Abrogable () Capable of being abrogated.

Abrogate () Abrogated; abolished.

Abrogated () of Abrogate

Abrogating () of Abrogate

Abrogate () To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.

Abrogate () To put an end to; to do away with.

Abrogation () The act of abrogating; repeal by authority.

Abrogative () Tending or designed to abrogate; as, an abrogative law.

Abrogator () One who repeals by authority.

Abrood () In the act of brooding.

Abrook () To brook; to endure.

Abrupt () Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.

Abrupt () Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.

Abrupt () Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.

Abrupt () Suddenly terminating, as if cut off.

Abrupt () An abrupt place.

Abrupt () To tear off or asunder.

Abruption () A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.

Abruptly () In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly.

Abruptly () Precipitously.

Abruptness () The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness.

Abruptness () Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as, abruptness of style or manner.

Abscesses () of Abscess

Abscess () A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ of the body, the result of a morbid process.

Abscession () A separating; removal; also, an abscess.

Abscind () To cut off.

Abscision () See Abscission.

Abscisses () of Absciss

Absciss () See Abscissa.

Abscissas () of Abscissa

Abscissae () of Abscissa

Abscissa () One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coordinate axes.

Abscission () The act or process of cutting off.

Abscission () The state of being cut off.

Abscission () A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, \"He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more.\"

Absconded () of Abscond

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