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shorten (v.)
1510s, "make shorter;" 1560s, "grow shorter," from
short
(adj.) +
-en
(1); the earlier form of the verb was simply
short
, from Old English
sceortian
"to grow short, become short; run short, fail,"
gescyrtan
"to make short."
