Both Uses of
abridge
in
The Book Thief
- AN ABRIDGED ROLL CALL FOR 1942
p. 308.8abridged = made shorter
- The reading sessions included Wednesday now as well, and they'd finished the water-abridged version of The Whistler and were on to The Dream Carrier.
p. 439.4 *abridged = shortenededitor's notes: Water-abridged refers to the fact that some pages of the book were lost in the river.
Definition:
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements -- especially to a book