7 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
verb lessen, diminish, or curtail
originFrom Middle English abreggen, abregge, abrigge (“curtail, lessen”), from Old French abregier, abreger, from Late Latin abbreviō, abbreviāre (“make brief”). Doublet of abbreviate.
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