Summarise vs. Abridge — What's the Difference?

(British spelling) summarize.

Abridge is a village in Essex, England. It is on the River Roding, 16 miles (26 km) southwest of the county town of Chelmsford.

Be a summary of;

To reduce the length of (a written text); condense

Give a summary (of);

To limit; curtail

To deprive; to cut off.

To debar from.

(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.

(transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.

(transitive) Cut short; truncate.

(transitive) To curtail.

To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.

To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.

To deprive; to cut off; - followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.

Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;