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▸ verb: (transitive, archaic, rare) To debar from.
▸ verb: (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
▸ verb: (transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
▸ verb: (transitive) Cut short; truncate.
▸ verb: (transitive) To curtail.
▸ noun: A village in Essex, England
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abbreviate,
reduce,
foreshorten,
shorten,
cut,
contract,
abr.,
abscind,
decurtate,
truncate,
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