Abridger: alternatives and connections

To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

One who redacts; one who prepares matter for publication; an editor.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

One who revises.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.

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To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.

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

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

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One who abbreviates or shortens.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.