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foreshorten

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
foreshorten/fɔːˈʃɔːtn/

▶verb

1 represent as having less depth or distance than in reality, so as to convey an effect of perspective.

2 reduce in time or scale.

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