What is another word for "shorten"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "shorten": abate, abatement, abbreviate, abbreviation, abbreviature, abridge, abridgment, abstract, album, analecta, analectic, analysis, and, anthology, anticlimax, apercu, attenuate, away, bate, book, brief, coarctation, collect, collectanea, commonplace, compend, compendious, compendium, compilation, compile, compress, compression, condense, conspectus, contents, contract, contraction, crumble, decay, declension.