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    cur·tail
    [kərˈtāl]
    verb
    curtail (verb) · curtails (third person present) · curtailed (past tense) · curtailed (past participle) · curtailing (present participle)
    1. reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on:
      "civil liberties were further curtailed"
      • archaic
        (curtail someone of)
        deprive someone of (something):
        "I that am curtailed of this fair proportion"
    Origin
    late 15th century: from obsolete curtal ‘horse with a docked tail’, from French courtault, from court ‘short’, from Latin curtus. The change in the ending was due to association with tail and perhaps also with French tailler ‘to cut’.
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    1. reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on:
      reduce
      cut
      cut down
      cut back
      decrease
      lessen
      diminish
      retrench
      trim
      dock
      lop
      shrink
      shorten
      break off
      truncate
      restrict
      limit
      curb
      slim down
      tighten up
      pare down
      cut short
      put a restriction on
      put a limit on
      put the brakes on
      rein in
      rein back
      Opposite:
      increase
      lengthen

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      What does curtail mean?The meaning of CURTAIL is to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part. How to use curtail in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Curtail.

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      What does curtailen mean?[Middle English curtailen, to restrict, probably blend of Old French courtauld, docked; see curtal, and Middle English taillen, to cut (from Old French tailler; see tailor ).] cur·tail′er n. cur·tail′ment n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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      Where does the verb curtail come from?The earliest known use of the verb curtail is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for curtail is from 1553, in the writing of Thomas Wilson, humanist and administrator. curtail is formed within English, by conversion.

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