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1 definition 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.
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