abreggen
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French abreger, from Latin abbreviō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈbrɛdʒən/, /aˈbridʒən/
Verb
abreggen
- To lessen (either quantity or amount).
- To shorten or reduce in duration or time.
- a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knight's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, line 2999-3000:
- Al mowe they yet tho dayes wel abregge, / Ther nedeth noght noon auctoritee t'allegge
- Though they could potentially make those days shorter, / No authority is needed to assert that […]
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- To abridge or condense; to make into less words.
- To palliate, mitigate, or ameliorate; to make less dire.
- To terminate, stop, or block; to cause the end of.
- (rare) To restrict one's rights or privileges.
- (rare) To lessen in length or distance.
- (rare) To change to take less time.
- (rare) To release from something.
Conjugation
Conjugation of abreggen (weak)
infinitive | (to) abreggen | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | abregge | abreggede |
2nd person singular | abreggest | abreggedest |
3rd person singular | abreggeþ, abreggeth | abreggede |
plural | abreggen | abreggeden |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | abregge | abreggede |
plural | abreggen | abreggeden |
imperative | present | |
singular | abregge | |
plural | abreggeþ, abreggeth | |
participle | present | past |
abreggende, abregginge | abregged, yabregged |
Descendants
- English: abridge
References
- “abreǧ(ǧ)en, v.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-16.
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