[{"_id":"574240f949d89b54063beae9","lemma":"abridge","pos":"verb","lexicalEntryId":"WktEN_lexicalEntry_507","senses":[{"label":"","definition":"To make shorter; to shorten in duration.","examples":["The bridegroom ... abridged his visit. - Smollett","She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her train from state to necessity. - Fuller"],"relations":[]},{"label":"","definition":"To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.","examples":[],"relations":[]},{"label":"","definition":"To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.","examples":[],"relations":[]},{"label":"","definition":"To lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.","examples":[],"relations":[]}]}]