compendiar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abridge verb To deprive; to cut off.
Senses
compendiar is used for these senses in English:
- abridge (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent. [First attested around 1350–1470]
abridge — full definition
- verb To deprive; to cut off.
- verb To debar from.
- verb To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
- verb To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.