cut short Copy link Outline I. To abridge1. praecīdo, 32. intercīdo, 33. ampŭto, 1II. To stop another abruptly, oblŏquor, interpello • cut short: I. To abridge: 1. praecīdo, 3: to c. short (the greater part of) the defence, magnam partem defensionis p., Cic.: the consideration of time (i. e. of the shortness of time) c.s short delay, temporis (al. mortis) ratio cunctationem p., Plin. Ep. 9, 1, fin. Esp. as intrans., to c. the matter short, (brevi) p., Cic. 2. intercīdo, 3: to c. short the intervening circumstances, media int., Cic. 3. ampŭto, 1: to c. narrations short, narrationes a., Cic.: they recommend him to c. short delays ("to make short work of it"), amputari moras jubent, Just. 27, 4 (for which Virg. has rumpere moras, G. 3, 43, etc.): v. also to cut away, curtail, compress. II. To stop another abruptly, oblŏquor, interpello: v. to interrupt.