συστέλλω

Etymology
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Verb

 * 1) to draw together: shorten sail; to draw in, contract
 * 2) to contract, reduce
 * 3) to deprive of all the food and drink
 * 4) to humble, abase
 * 5)  to lower, make mean; to pronounce (a syllable) short
 * 6) to wrap closely up, shroud
 * 7) to cloak