Word of the Day: ABRIDGE

To condense or curtail

abridge (verb) - to shorten, reduce, or diminish [uh-brij]

BREAKDOWN: A- (to) + BRIDGE- (short)

abridgement is the act, state, or process of shortening a larger work while keeping its main ideas; a curtailment of rights

See also: brevity

“Reading is one of the true pleasures of life. In our age of mass culture, when so much that we encounter is abridged, adapted, adulterated, shredded, and boiled down, it is mind-easing and mind-inspiring to sit down privately with a congenial book.” —Thomas S. Monson