diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet.another.Characterized by sterility; infecund.An active power or cause; that which has the power to
This crossword contains the following list of questions:
- 1. See Apricot.
- 2. of Abridge
- 3. of Abridge
- 4. To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.
- 5. To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.
- 6. of Age
- 7. In the manner of an aged person.
- 8. The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another.
- 9. Characterized by sterility; infecund.
- 10. An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect; as, a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent.
- 11. A brindled color; also, that which is brindled.
- 12. To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread.
- 13. A spire rising from a tower.
- 14. A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.
- 15. See Brokkerage.
- 16. One who believes in or supports the doctrine of predestination.
- 17. Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey.
- 18. To procure as suitable or necessary; to get ready; to provide; as, to prepare ammunition and provisions for troops; to prepare ships for defence; to prepare an entertainment.
- 19. Preservative.
- 20. The quality or state of being preternatural.