Word of the Week

foreshorten

verb
\for-SHORT-un\




Definition
1
: to shorten by proportionately contracting in the direction of depth so that an illusion of projection or extension in space is obtained
2
: to make more compact : abridge, shorten

Examples
"The past is a giant foreshortened with his feet towards us; and sometimes the feet are of clay." — G. K. Chesterton, A Short History of England, 1917

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http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/2015/11/23/