1910, James George Frazer,Totemism and Exogamy, volume 1, page viii:
The article which embodied my researches having proved somewhat too long for its purpose, anabridgment of it only was inserted in theEncyclopædia.
2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, “The Hunger Games”, inAV Club[1]:
When the goal is simply to be as faithful as possible to the material—as if a movie were a marriage, and a rights contract the vow—the best result is a skillfulabridgment, one that hits all the important marks without losing anything egregious.
(obsolete) That whichabridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly
1605, Shakespeare,Midsummer Night's Dream, V-i:
Whatabridgment have you for this evening? What masque? what music?
(dated,law) Any of various brief statements ofcase law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
(law) The leaving out of certain portions of aplaintiff'sdemand, thewrit still holding good for the remainder.
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