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shortening &c v.; abbreviation, abbreviature†; abridgment,
concision, retrenchment, curtailment, decurtation†; reduction &c
(contraction) 195; epitome &c (compendium) 596.
elision, ellipsis; conciseness &c (in style) 572.
abridger, epitomist†, epitomizer†.
V. be short &c adj.; render short &c adj.; shorten, curtail, abridge,
abbreviate, take in, reduce; compress &c (contract) 195; epitomize &c
596.
retrench, cut short, obtruncate†; scrimp, cut, chop up, hack, hew;
cut down, pare down; clip, dock, lop, prune, shear, shave, mow, reap,
crop; snub; truncate, pollard, stunt, nip, check the growth of;
foreshorten (in drawing).
Adj. short, brief, curt; compendious, compact; stubby, scrimp; shorn,
stubbed; stumpy, thickset, pug; chunky [U.S.], decurtate†; retrousse†;
stocky; squab, squabby†; squat, dumpy; little &c 193; curtailed of its
fair proportions; short by; oblate; concise &c 572; summary.
Adv. shortly &c adj.; in short &c (concisely) 572.