- 2. Against, off, on a line with, opposite to.
Abridge, v. a.
- 1. Shorten, epitomize, condense, compress, make an abstract of.
- 2. Diminish, reduce, contract, curtail, lessen, retrench, cut down. See abbreviate.
- 3. Deprive of, dispossess of, divest of.
Abridger, n. Epitomizer, writer of an epitome.
Abridgment, n.
- 1. Shortening, compression, condensation, compacting, contraction, diminution, reduction, curtailment,
retrenchment. See abbreviation.
- 2. Compendium, compend, epitome, summary, abstract, digest, synopsis, syllabus, breviary, brief, conspectus,
outline, bird’s-eye view.
- 3. Deprivation, dispossession, limitation, restriction.
Abroach, ad.
- 1. Broached, tapped, on tap, flowing, aflow, running.
- 2. A-going, diffused, diffusive.
Abroad, ad.
- 1. Widely, at large, expansively, in all directions, unrestrainedly, ubiquitously.
- 2. Forth, out of the house, out of doors, in the open air.
- 3. In foreign lands, away from one’s country, over sea, beyond seas, on one’s travels.
- 4. Extensively, before the public, publicly.
- 5. Confused, dazed, at the end of one’s wits, all at fault, quite confounded, off the scent, on the wrong
track, aside of the mark, off the course, without the least clew.