Bible Dictionaries
Foreshorten
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. t.) To represent on a plane surface, as if extended in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to shorten by drawing in perspective.
(2):
(v. t.) Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Foreshorten'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/f/foreshorten.html. 1828.