Laconizing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Laconize \Lac"o*nize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Laconized}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Laconizing}.] [Gr. ?. See {Laconic}.]
     To imitate the manner of the Laconians, especially in brief,
     pithy speech, or in frugality and austerity.
     [1913 Webster]