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1. abaser, n. View full entry 1589
...Rhetoric. G. Puttenham's name for: the figure of speech tapinosis (tapinosis); depreciatory phraseology. Obs.rare....
2. abbozzo, n. View full entry 1846
...An outline or draft of a speech or piece of writing. Obs.rare....
3. abbreviate, n. View full entry 1531
...Chiefly Sc. A condensed account of something; an abridgement; a summary; an abstract. Now Sc. Law: a brief notice registering a decree of adjudication (adjudication3a)...
4. abbreviate, v. View full entry ?a1475
...trans. To shorten (a text, speech, etc.) whilst retaining the sense and substance; to edit into a shorter form, esp. by omitting the less important passages; to condense, summarize, abridge....
5. abbreviate, v. View full entry 1596
...intr. To speak or write concisely; to be brief....
6. abbreviator, n. View full entry 1529
...A person who shortens or abridges something, esp. a text; a summarizer; a compiler. Also: a person given to the use of abbreviations....
7. ABC, n.1 View full entry a1382
...An alphabetical acrostic; a poem of which the successive stanzas or lines begin with the letters of the alphabet in order....
8. abode, n.1 View full entry 1589
...Puttenham's name for: the rhetorical practice of dwelling on a point, or of emphasizing an important point by repeating it several times in different words. Obs....
9. † aboutspeech, n. View full entry a1522
...A roundabout phrase, a circumlocution....
10. above, adv., prep., n., and adj. View full entry lOE
...With regard to writing: further up on the present page; previously in the text; in a preceding paragraph, passage, etc. See also senses C. 3, D....
11. abrasive, adj. and n. View full entry 1861
...Esp. of sound: harsh, grating, strident....
12. abridge, n. View full entry 1634
...An abridged version, an abridgement; †an epitome (obs.)....
13. abridge, v. View full entry c1384
...To shorten (a text, speech, etc.) whilst retaining the sense and substance; to edit into a shorter form, esp. by omitting the less important passages; to condense; to make a précis or...
14. abridge, v. View full entry 1576
...To produce (a text) by shortening from (or †out of) a larger work. Formerly also: †to quote or recount in condensed form (from another source) (...
15. abridged, adj. View full entry ?c1430
...Of a text: edited into a shortened form, esp. by omitting the less important passages of the original; summarized, digested. Of an account, narrative, etc.: condensed, concise....
16. abridgedly, adv. View full entry 1704
...In an abridged form; concisely, in brief....
17. abridgement, n. View full entry 1579
...spec. The action or process of making a shortened version or abstract of a longer text; statement in abridged form; an instance of this....
18. abridgement, n. View full entry a1500
...A digest or shortened version of a longer text, treatise, etc., esp. produced by omitting the less important passages of the original; an abstract, an epitome. Formerly also: †a concise record, handbook,...
19. abridger, n. View full entry 1555
...A person who makes an abridgement; a summarizer, a compiler. Also: a person who or thing which curtails or reduces something....
20. abrupt, adj. and n. View full entry 1566
...Of literary style: disjointed, not flowing smoothly; passing suddenly from one thought or phrase to another. Of speech or writing: exhibiting or typical of such a style. Obs....
