verb
shorten, cut, condense, abridge; see decrease 2, shorten. See syn. study atshorten.
See abbreviate in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
To make short or shorter the duration or extent of:
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» decrease
» digest
» diminish
» forename
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