shorten

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• ⇰ To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; <as>as, to <ex>shorten</ex> distance; to <ex>shorten</ex> a road; to <ex>shorten</ex> days of calamity.</as>
• ⇰ To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; <as>as, to <ex>shorten</ex> work, an allowance of food, etc.</as>
• ⇰ To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with >of >.
• ⇰ To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like.

• ⇰ To become short or shorter; <as>as, the day <ex>shortens</ex> in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod <ex>shortens</ex> by cold.</as>