shortenern.
One who or something which shortens (in various senses of the verb).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > [noun] > one who or that which shortens one's life
shortener?1566
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > one who or that which decreases anything
shortener?1566
abater1583
abator1592
diminutive1596
reductivea1676
reducer1894
shrinker1921
?1566 J. Phillip Commodye Pacient & Meeke Grissill sig. D.iiv Oh dyrfull daye, oh haples hap, oh shortner of my yeares.
1636 G. Williams Right Way to Best Relig. viii. 183 Sin is an epitomizer or shortner of every thing.
c1710 J. Swift Inquiry Queen's Last Ministry ii The gout, which is not usually reckoned a shortener of life.
1878 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David V. Ps. cix. 8. 183 Sin the great shortener of human life.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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