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| fore·short·en [ fawr sháwrt'n ] (past and past participle fore·short·ened, present participle fore·short·en·ing, 3rd person present singular fore·short·ens) |
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1. show something shorter than it is: in visual arts, to make something appear shorter than it actually is in order to create a three-dimensional effect on the basis of the laws of perspective
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2. abridge: to make a text shorter
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