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v. Simple past tense and past participle of shorten.

adj. cut short

adj. cut short in duration

adj. with parts removed

adj. shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another

"And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake, those days shall be shortened_. ""

lengthen   

shortened    shortening    shortens   

diminish    fall    lessen    decrease    abbreviate    abridge    contract    foreshorten    cut    reduce   

diminish    abbreviate    contract    beguile    lower    deprive    to shorten in    to shorten sail   

lessen    abridge    curtail    contract    deprive   

Morton    Norton    Orton    Wharton   

margarine    glower    cornstarch    shortness    shrinkage