verb. Simple past tense and past participle of telescope.

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

"How Flashman came to be within earshot of Pulleine and have a view of Durnford, whose retreat had begun some miles away, one can only guess; no doubt he moved at his customary high speed, and it is likely that in his recollection of his panic-stricken confusion he has unwittingly "telescoped" events and time."

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telescope