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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Curtail \Cur*tail"\ (k[u^]r*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curtailed} (-t[=a]ld"); p. pr & vb n. {Curtailing}.] [See {Curtal}.] To cut off the end or tail, or any part of to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce. I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. --Shak. Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled. --Macaulay. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Curtail \Cur"tail\ (k?r"t?l), n. The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: curtail v 1: place restrictions on "curtail drinking in school" [syn: {restrict}, {curb}, {cut back}] 2: terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries" [syn: {clip}, {cut short}]
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