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Thesaurus: curtail

To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.

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  1. v. t. To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.
  2. n. The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
  3. v. place restrictions on
  4. v. terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
  5. 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. Macualay. The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
  6. To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; toabridge; to diminish; to reduce.I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. Shak.Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled.Macualay.
  7. v:100 v place restrictions on v terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent