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v (transitive|archaic) To deprive; to cut off. (defdate|First attested from around (1150 to 1350))(reference-book | last =| first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor =Brown, Lesley | others = | title = The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary | origdate = | origyear = 1933| origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = 5th | date = | year =2003| month = | publisher =Oxford University Press | location =Oxford, UK | language = | id = | doi = | isbn =978-0-19-860575-7 | lccn = | ol = | pages =8| chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =)
v (transitive|archaic|rare) To debar from. (defdate|First attested from around (1150 to 1350))
v (transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to 'abridge' a history or dictionary. (defdate|First attested in 1384.)(reference-book | last = Dobbie | first = Elliott K. | coauthors = Dunmore, C. William, et al. | editor = Barnhart, Robert K.| title = Chambers Dictionary of Etymology | origyear = 1998 | year = 2004 | publisher = Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd | location = Edinburgh, Scotland | isbn =0550142304 | pages = 4). (defdate|First attested from around (1350 to 1470))
v (transitive) Cut short; truncate. (defdate|First attested from around (1350 to 1470))
v (transitive) To curtail. (defdate|First attested from around (1350 to 1470))