verb. Simple past tense and past participle of shorten.

adjective. cut short

adjective. cut short in duration

adjective. with parts removed

adjective. 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_. ""

abridged  short  

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