abridge

verb6

1. •
   To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.

   • She retired her self to Sebaste, and abridged her train from State to necessity. — 1639
2. •
   To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
3. •
   Cut short; truncate.
4. •
   To curtail.

   • He had his rights abridged by the crooked sheriff.
5. •
   (no longer used) To deprive; to cut off.
6. •
   (no longer used, rare) To debar from.