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Short"en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shortened &unr_;; p. pr. & vb. n. Shortening.] [See Short, a.] 1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.
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2. To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.
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Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am shortened by my chain. Dryden.
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3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
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Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears. Dryden.
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4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like.
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To shorten a rope (Naut.), to take in the slack of it. -- To shorten sail (Naut.), to reduce sail by taking it in.
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Short"en, v. i. To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold.
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