Sentence example with the word 'abridgment'

abridgment

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Definition n. a shortened version of a written work

Last update: June 13, 2015


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A Latin abridgment of philosophy, dated 1784, tells us that the innate ideas of Descartes are founded on no arguments, and are now universally abandoned.   [Please select]

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The work of Enfield is based on Brucker, or is rather an abridgment.   [Please select]

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An excellent abridgment of German History, during this century, is furnished by Professor Müller.   [Please select]

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One of these was called "Bacon's Abridgment"; it dealt with law and it puzzled me sorely.   [Please select]

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* See Benton's "Abridgment of the Debates of Congress," vol.   [Please select]

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"Abridge, redact," he exclaims towards the end, but there was no abridgment and no redaction.   [Please select]

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I am by nature lazy; and this would be a mighty abridgment in knowledge.   [Please select]

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