overshorten

verb
/ˌəʊ.vəˈʃɔː.tən/UK/ˌoʊ.vɚˈʃɔɹ.tən/US

Etymology

From over- + shorten.

  1. inherited from *skurtōną — “to shorten
  2. inherited from sċortian — “to become short
  3. inherited from schorten — “to make short, shorten
  4. inherited from shortnen
  5. prefixed as overshorten — “over + shorten

Definitions

  1. To shorten too much

    To shorten too much; make excessively or inappropriately short.

    • This plant has only a certain capacity for daylight, and to overshorten the nights would injure it.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA