compendĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [compendium] (eccl. Lat.).
I To shorten , abridge : sermonem, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 9; 4, 1.—
II Compendiare alicui, lit., to shorten the way of life for one; hence, to kill him , Aug. Quaest. in Hept. 7 fin.