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abridge
c.1300, from O.Fr.
abregier
"to shorten," from L.L.
abbreviare
"make short" (see
abbreviate
). The sound development from L.
-vi-
to Fr.
-dg-
is paralleled in
assuage
(from
assuavidare
) and
deluge
(from
diluvium
).
