abridge Copy link Outline 1. contrāho, traxi, tractum, 32. brĕvĭo, 13. ĕpĭtŏmo, 14. rĕdĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (with ad) • abridge: 1. contrāho, traxi, tractum, 3: to ab. a speech, orationem c., Cic.: Quint. 2. brĕvĭo, 1: in a paraphrase it is allowable to ab. certain things, paraphrasi b. quaedam permittitur, Quint. 3. ĕpĭtŏmo, 1: to ab. a history, historiam ep., Treb. Poll. 4. rĕdĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (with ad): Diophanes ab.'d those very books to six books, hosce ipsos libros ad sex libros redegit Diophanes, Varr. Phr.: to ab. a book, *in compendium redigere. v. to deprive, lessen, shorten.