abridge

Short definition from Wiktionary

Verb

1. 1
   To deprive; to cut off.
2. 2
   To debar from.
3. 3
   To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
4. 4
   To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
5. 5
   Cut short; truncate.
6. 6
   To curtail.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A village in Essex, England.