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Condensing or reduction of a book or other creative work into a shorter form
Look up abridgement in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An abridgement (or abridgment) is a condensing or reduction of a book or other creative work into
Abridgement
English law book
from 1736, and the most recent English edition in 1832. The work is an abridgement of English common law which was widely used in the United States during
Bacon's_Abridgement
Topics referred to by the same term
using different words and sentences Epitome, a summary or miniature form Abridgement, the act of reducing a written work into a shorter form Summary or executive
Summary
10th-century literary work by Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani
Hilyat al-Awliya' wa Tabaqat al-Asfiya' (Arabic: حلية الأولياء وطبقات الأصفياء, romanized: The Ornament of God's Friends and Generations of Pure Ones)
Hilyat_al-Awliya'
Term for some early legal textbooks
just mentioned, Sir Edward Coke; La Graunde Abridgement (1514) by Anthony Fitzherbert. La Graunde Abridgement (1568) by Robert Broke. Epitome Annalium Librorum
Books_of_authority
British historian (1889–1975)
sets of the ten-volume edition were sold by 1955. A 1947 one-volume abridgement by David Churchill Somervell of the first six volumes sold over 300,000
Arnold_J._Toynbee
British actor
as one of the top 40 audiobooks of all time. In 2006, he recorded an abridgement of A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon. He is also a regular narrator on
Alex_Jennings
Book by Arnold J. Toynbee
Reconsiderations (Oxford University Press, 1961) Abridgements by D. C. Somervell: A Study of History: Abridgement of Vols I–VI, with a preface by Toynbee (Oxford
A_Study_of_History
11th-century literary work by Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi
History of Baghdad (Arabic: تاريخ بغداد, romanized: Tarikh Baghdad) is a major classical Islamic biographical dictionary written by the medieval Muslim
History_of_Baghdad_(book)
Book of Mormon prophet
Americas. According to the Book of Mormon, the prophet Mormon engraved an abridgement of his people's history on golden plates. Based on the chronology described
Mormon_(prophet)
12th-century literary work by Ibn Asakir
The History of Damascus (Arabic: تاريخ دمشق, romanized: Tarikh Dimashq) is a major classical Islamic encyclopedic work and at 8.1 million words is considered
History_of_Damascus_(book)
English translations of Adolf Hitler's book
her husband, E.T.S. Dugdale, to write an abridgement of Mein Kampf. Dugdale began his work on this abridgement in about 1931, but he, too, was unable to
Mein_Kampf_in_English
1897 novel by Kurd Laßwitz
volumes in October 1897; there have been many editions since, including abridgements by the author's son Erich Lasswitz (Cassianeum, 1948) and Burckhardt
Two_Planets
1861–1865 conflict in the United States
leaders. Eric Foner's A Short History of Reconstruction (1990) is an abridgement of his Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877 (1988)
American_Civil_War
Abridged web series
pacing, altered dialogue and interspersed jokes about the show. The abridgement has been labelled as a parody pastiche and détournement of the original
Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series
Yu-Gi-Oh!:_The_Abridged_Series
1563 work by English historian John Foxe
four editions in Foxe's lifetime and a number of later editions and abridgements, including some that specifically reduced the text to a Book of Martyrs
Foxe's_Book_of_Martyrs
Topics referred to by the same term
Eutropius (historian), a fourth century Roman historian, and author of an abridgement of Roman history Eutropius (consul 399), a Roman consul, put to death
Eutropius
British historian
author of several volumes of history and the editor of well-regarded abridgements of other historians' works. Somervell was the son of Robert Somervell
D._C._Somervell
Topics referred to by the same term
the free dictionary. Précis (/ˈpreɪsi/) or precis may refer to: an abridgement or summary Critical précis, a type of written text IRAC case brief, in
Précis
Budhasvāmin's Sanskrit abridgment of the now lost Great Story
बृहत्कथाश्लोकसंग्रह), "Verse Abridgment of the Great Story", is an abridgement into Sanskrit verse of the now lost Great Story (Bṛhatkathā). It tells
Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha
Biblical commentary
works from this initial publication, in differing numbers of volumes and abridgements. Robert Jamieson (1802–1880) was a minister at St Paul's Church, Provanmill
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown_Bible_Commentary
relative order of the stories.[clarification needed] Aside from a slight abridgement of the dialogue, this is the only major difference between the manga
List_of_Mushishi_episodes
Alexander, William (1841). "Acta Parliamentorum Regis Jacobi Tertii". An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles
List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1486
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1486
Characters used to denote numbers in Chinese
on 2016-03-06. The Shorter Science & Civilisation in China Vol 2, An abridgement by Colin Ronan of Joseph Needham's original text, Table 20, p. 6, Cambridge
Chinese_numerals
British actor and author (born 1964)
of Murder on the Orient Express. Joseph read the BBC Radio 4 10-part abridgement (by Florence Bedell) of Barbadian writer George Lamming's 1953 debut
Paterson_Joseph
Sanskrit poet (c. 990 – c. 1070 CE)
Verse abridgement of the Ramayana (Sanskrit) Bhāratamanjari — Verse abridgement of the Mahabharata (Sanskrit) Brihatkathāmanjari — Verse abridgement of the
Kshemendra
Alexander, William (1841). "Acta Parliamentorum Regis Jacobi Secundi". An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles
List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1438
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1438
Recording of text(s) being read
is described as "unabridged", while readings of shorter versions are abridgements. Spoken audio has been available in schools and public libraries and
Audiobook
British-American novelist
1851–1852, and authored the first human geography textbook Rowson's Abridgement of Universal Geography in 1805. Susanna Haswell was born in 1762 in Portsmouth
Susanna_Rowson
Faux reviews of fictional books
narration, and that was one of the main reasons I went for such cruel abridgements of the books". Lem was not alone in passing through this kind of crisis:
Stanisław Lem's fictitious criticism of nonexistent books
Stanisław_Lem's_fictitious_criticism_of_nonexistent_books
Swiss Protestant theologian
of Polanus, and served as an abridgement and development. It was translated into English by Alexander Ross, as Abridgement of Christian Divinitie (1650)
Johannes_Wolleb
French lexicographer and publisher
called simply the Robert (French: Le Robert, lit. 'The Robert'), and its abridgement, the Petit Robert (1967; French: Little Robert); who founded the dictionary
Paul_Robert_(lexicographer)
Earl of Mercia
Eucharistic host; below: the return of a ring given to a beggar who was John the Baptist in disguise. Thirteenth-century abridgement of Domesday Book
Leofric,_Earl_of_Mercia
Greco-Roman statesman and historian (c. 155–c. 235)
20 subsequent books in the series, there remain only fragments and the meager abridgement of John Xiphilinus, a Byzantine monk from the 11th century sponsored
Cassius_Dio
1991 book by Isaac Asimov
Asimov's Chronology of the World is a 1991 book by Isaac Asimov, in which the author explains in chronological order important events that happened from
Asimov's Chronology of the World
Asimov's_Chronology_of_the_World
Alexander, William (1841). "Acta Parliamentorum Regis Jacobi Tertii". An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles
List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1487
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1487
Alexander, William (1841). "Acta Parliamentorum Regis Jacobi Sexti". An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles
List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1600
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1600
Two-volume version of the Oxford English Dictionary
University Press. The SOED is a two-volume abridgement of the twenty-volume Oxford English Dictionary (OED). An abridgement of the OED was contemplated from 1879
Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
Shorter_Oxford_English_Dictionary
Buddhist text dated between 100 BCE and 200 CE
Harvard University Press. 2025. Abridgements include: Pesala, Bhikkhu, ed. (1992). The Debate of King Milinda: An Abridgement of the Milindapanha. Delhi:
Milinda_Panha
Alexander, William (1841). "Acta Parliamentorum Regis Jacobi Secundi". An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles
List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1449
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1449
League of university students in Japan
associations founded in 1948 in Japan. The word Zengakuren (全学連) is an abridgement of Zen Nihon Gakusei Jichikai Sō Rengō (全日本学生自治会総連合) which literally
Zengakuren
Alexander, William (1841). "Acta Parliamentorum Regis Jacobi Sexti". An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles
List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1607
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1607
1890 book by James Frazer
academic climate." Paglia has also commented, however, that the one-volume abridgement of The Golden Bough is "bland" and should be "avoided like the plague
The_Golden_Bough
English novelist (1775–1817)
completed around 1800. This was a short parody of various school textbook abridgements of Austen's favourite contemporary novel, The History of Sir Charles
Jane_Austen
Alexander, William (1841). "Acta Parliamentorum Regis Caroli Secundi". An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles
List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1662
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1662
10th century Twelver Shia scholar
Al-Kashshi's original work is now lost, but parts of it survive in an abridgement made by Shaykh Tusi (995–1067) called the Ikhtiyār maʿrifat al-rijāl
Muhammad_ibn_Umar_al-Kashshi
of magical texts centred on the Liber aggregationis Petit Albert, an abridgement of the Grand Albert Peter Grund (2009), "Textual Alchemy: The Transformation
Pseudo-Albertus
Portrayal of sexual subject matter
ISBN 978-1-4129-0916-7. Williams, Bernard (2015). Obscenity and Film Censorship: An Abridgement of the Williams Report. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-316-43246-4
Pornography
9th-century Arabic work on algebra
The Concise Book of Calculation by Restoration and Balancing (Arabic: الكتاب المختصر في حساب الجبر والمقابلة, al-Kitāb al-Mukhtaṣar fī Ḥisāb al-Jabr wal-Muqābalah;
Al-Jabr
Alexander, William (1841). "Acta Parliamentorum Regis Jacobi Tertii". An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles
List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1482
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1482
British-born American Biblical scholar (1906–1992)
Sea Scriptures, about the Dead Sea Scrolls, as well as his one-volume abridgement of Sir James Frazer's massive 13-volume work The Golden Bough, to which
Theodor_Gaster
1740 English court case which set the groundwork for fair use
Hartwicke ruled that abridgements fell under two categories: "true abridgements" and "coloured shortenings". True abridgements presented a true effort
Gyles_v_Wilcox
Epic poem by Quintus of Smyrna
between the death of Hector and the fall of Ilium (Troy). The poem is an abridgement of the events described in the epic poems Aethiopis and Iliou Persis
Posthomerica
Qing dynasty book of short stories
Liaozhai zhiyi, sometimes shortened to Liaozhai, known in English as Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Strange
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio
Strange_Tales_from_a_Chinese_Studio
Antisemitic set of publications of the 1920s
"Gentiles" on the Jewish Problem In June 1949, a 174-page, one-volume abridgement of the text appeared, titled The International Jew, subtitled "The World's
The_International_Jew
Russian ballet dancer (1881–1931)
company. It performed throughout the world, with a repertory primarily of abridgements of Petipa's works and pieces choreographed specially for her. Going independent
Anna_Pavlova
American literary scholar (1918–2013)
Joseph Frank (October 6, 1918 – February 27, 2013) was an American literary scholar and a leading expert on the life and work of Russian novelist Fyodor
Joseph_Frank_(writer)
Polish rabbi
Talmudic authorities as the deciding factor in determining a law." An abridgement of the original work is published with the Tur; the complete version
Moses_Isserles
1991 debut novel by Simi Bedford
the cost of emigration and adjustment." In October 1991, a five-part abridgement of Yoruba Girl Dancing (by Margaret Busby, read by Adjoa Andoh and produced
Yoruba_Girl_Dancing
Woman employed as a teacher in a private household
Enlighten Their Understandings with Useful Knowledge. : A Short and Clear Abridgement is Also Given of Sacred and Profane History, and Some Lessons in Geography
Governess
1773 publication that increased tension between Massachusetts and the British
propagandistically claimed by Massachusetts radical politicians to call for the abridgement of colonial rights, and a duel was fought in England over the matter
Hutchinson_letters_affair
Single-volume French dictionary
single-volume French dictionary first published by Paul Robert in 1967. It is an abridgement of his eight-volume Dictionnaire alphabétique et analogique de la langue
Petit_Robert
4th century Roman historian and official
Abridgement of Roman History, John Selby Watson (translator), (1886) (from The Tertullian Project; only English translation) Eutropius, Abridgement of
Eutropius_(historian)
Afghan Sufi scholar (died 1605/06)
the Shama'il al-Tirmidhi, and a two-volume commentary on Al-Ghazali's abridgement of the Ihya Ulum ad-Din (The Revival of the Religious Sciences) entitled
Ali_al-Qari
English monk, historian, and illustrator (c. 1200–1259)
years after Paris's death this was not the case. Paris scribed 2 major abridgements of his Chronica: his Historia Anglorum, and a work named like that of
Matthew_Paris
First-century BC Roman history by Livy
The History of Rome, perhaps originally titled Annales, and known since late antiquity as Ab Urbe Condita (English: From the Founding of the City), is
History_of_Rome_(Livy)
Duodecimal Edition. Alexander, William (1841). "Acta Parliamentorum Annæ". An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles
List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1706
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1706
Earliest law reports of England
reigns of Edward V, Richard III, Henry VII, and Henry VIII. A number of abridgements of the Year Books were compiled and circulated by various editors, who
Year_Books
Alexander, William (1841). "Acta Parliamentorum Regis Jacobi Sexti". An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles
List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1581
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1581
British writer
Krishnamurti: His Life and Death, St Martins Press 1991: ISBN 0-312-05455-6, an abridgement of her trilogy on Krishnamurti's life. The Boy Krishna, 1995, Krishnamurti
Mary_Lutyens
Alexander, William (1841). "Acta Parliamentorum Gulielmi et Mariæ". An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles
List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1690
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1690
Alexander, William (1841). "Acta Parliamentorum Regis Jacobi Quinti". An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles
List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1528
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1528
Social class
suggestions were not accepted. Toynbee, Arnold (1960). A Study of History: Abridgement of Vols I-X in one volume. Oxford University Press. Krummel, Victoria
Upper_class
Japanese experimental film
feature in 1996, thirteen years after Terayama's death. A twelve minute abridgement of the film, Rock Paper Scissors War (ジャンケン戦争, Jan-ken-sensō), was also
Emperor_Tomato_Ketchup_(film)
Anthem of Friesland, the Netherlands
Frisian writer Eeltsje Halbertsma. The version commonly sung today is an abridgement, dating from 1876, by Jacobus van Loon. The words were not set to music
De_Alde_Friezen
Alexander, William (1841). "Acta Parliamentorum Regis Jacobi Quarti". An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles
List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1489
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1489
Alexander, William (1841). "Acta Parliamentorum Regis Jacobi Secundi". An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles
List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1454
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1454
Alexander, William (1841). "Acta Parliamentorum Regis Jacobi Primi". An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles
List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1432
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1432
16th-century commentary on al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaghīr'
Fayd al-Qadir Sharh al-Jami al-Saghir (Arabic: فيض القدير شرح الجامع الصغير, lit. 'The Bountiful Outpouring: Commentary on al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaghīr') is a multi-volume
Fayd_al-Qadir
Alexander, William (1841). "Acta Parliamentorum Regis Jacobi Quinti". An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles
List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1526
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1526
17th-century Sanskrit grammarian
Varadarāja was a 17th-century Hindu Sanskrit grammarian. He compiled an abridgement of the work of his master, the Siddhānta Kaumudī of Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita
Varadarāja
Symbols 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9
ISBN 978-0-534-02879-4. The Shorter Science & Civilisation in China Vol 2, An abridgement by Colin Ronan of Joseph Needham's original text, Table 20, p. 6, Cambridge
Arabic_numerals
Alexander, William (1841). "Acta Parliamentorum Regis Jacobi Tertii". An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles
List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1466
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1466
American novelist and screenwriter (1925–2013)
audiobook versions of his novels. Many of the earlier recordings were abridgements, the last of which was Pagan Babies (2000) read by Steve Buscemi. Certain
Elmore_Leonard
1953 book by William Montgomery Watt
Watt's 1956 book Muhammad at Medina forms its sequel. Later a popular abridgement of these two volumes was published, Muhammad Prophet and Statesman (1961)
Muhammad_at_Mecca
Hat and stereotype for conspiracy theorists
original on 8 July 2010. Bathurst, James (1909). Atomic Consciousness Abridgement. W. Manning, London. Wilson, Daniel (June 2016). "Atomic-Consciousness"
Tin_foil_hat
British actor (1936–2011)
abridged reading of The Hobbit for Argo Records, authorisation for the abridgement having been provided by J.R.R. Tolkien's publisher. The recording was
Nicol_Williamson
English Anglican cleric and hymn writer (1740–1778)
form of A Letter to the Rev Mr John Wesley; Relative to His Pretended Abridgement of Zanchius on Predestination. Wesley never publicly accepted any wrongdoing
Augustus_Toplady
Alexander, William (1841). "Acta Parliamentorum Regis Jacobi Tertii". An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles
List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1483
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1483
Modern calendar era
Denis (1758). search for "ante Christum" in a 1748 reprint of a 1633 abridgement entitled Rationarium temporum by Denis Petau. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
Anno_Domini
Parliamentary authority by Sir John George Bourinot
and Public Assemblies generally. The title page states that it is an abridgement of the author's larger work, but it should be seen as a shorter re-write
Bourinot's_Rules_of_Order
Sex Maniac Original script may have been copyrighted. This is a later abridgement of Babes in Toyland (1934), which is still in copyright. Its public domain
List of films in the public domain in the United States
List_of_films_in_the_public_domain_in_the_United_States
Duodecimal Edition. Alexander, William (1841). "Acta Parliamentorum Annæ". An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles
List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1705
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1705
Alexander, William (1841). "Acta Parliamentorum Regis Caroli Secundi". An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles
List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1669
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1669
Poorly transcribed works of Shakespeare
the text would be expected to be bad, i.e. to contain corruptions, abridgements and paraphrasings. In contrast, a good quarto is considered to be a text
Bad_quarto
Book by T. E. Lawrence
1927 Revolt in the Desert, a work of some 130,000 words: "An abridgement of an abridgement", remarked Shaw, not without disdain.[citation needed] Nevertheless
Seven_Pillars_of_Wisdom
Knowledge published by Collier in 1902 in 10 volumes was evidently an abridgement or reprint of this work. [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100633544
Collier's_New_Encyclopedia
Alexander, William (1841). "Acta Parliamentorum Regis Jacobi Sexti". An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles
List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1604
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1604
System storing hot fluid heat to heat the cold fluid
Descriptive Index of Patents Applied for and Patents Granted, Containing the Abridgements of Provisional and Complete Specifications. John J. McKetta Jr (ed.)
Regenerative_heat_exchanger
– discuss] Alexander, William (1841). "Acta Parliamentorum Annæ". An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles
List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1704
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1704
ABRIDGEMENT
ABRIDGEMENT
ABRIDGEMENT
ABRIDGEMENT
Boy/Male
Arabic, Danish, Hindu, Indian, Malaysian, Marathi, Muslim, Pashtun, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Prosperity; Father of Moses; A Prophet's Name; Powerful; Prosperous; Master; Beautiful
Boy/Male
Hindu
Girl/Female
Russian Scandinavian American Arabic Muslim
Hope.
Boy/Male
American, British, English, Scottish
Flag; Ensign Bearer
Boy/Male
Sikh
Boy/Male
Indian
One who Desires Something
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Pretty
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
A Midsummer Night's Dream' A fairy.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Tilson.
Female
Russian
(Ðадежда) Russian name NADEZHDA means "hope."
ABRIDGEMENT
ABRIDGEMENT
ABRIDGEMENT
ABRIDGEMENT
ABRIDGEMENT
n.
A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement.