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1. (v.t.) curtail
to cut short or cut off a part of; abridge; reduce.
Etymology: (1425–75; late ME: to restrict (of royal succession or inheritance), prob. a conflation of MF courtau(l)d (see curtal ) and ME taillen to cut < OF taillier (see tail2))
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1. (verb) restrict, curtail, curb, cut back
place restrictions on
"curtail drinking in school"
2. (verb) clip, curtail, cut short
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"
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1. (verb) curtail
to shorten or limit
to curtail the use of chemical fertilizers; a semester curtailed by the war
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1. (noun) curtail
the scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc
2. (verb) curtail
to cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce
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Sense: make less, shorter etc (than was originally intended)
I've had to curtail my visit.
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 Afrikaans: verkort, inkort |
 Arabic: يُقَصِّر |
 Bulgarian: съкращавам |
 Brazilian: encurtar |
 Czech: zkrátit |
 German: verkürzen |
 Danish: afkorte; begrænse |
 Greek: συντομεύω, κάνω κτ. μικρό |
 Spanish: acortar, restringir |
 Estonian: kärpima, piirama |
 Farsi: کوتاه کردن؛ خلاصه کردن |
 Finnish: supistaa |
 French: écourter |
 Hebrew: לְקָצֵר |
 Hindi: कम करना |
 Croatian: skratiti |
 Hungarian: (le)rövidít |
 Indonesian: mempersingkat |
 Icelandic: stytta; minnka |
 Italian: abbreviare |
 Japanese: 切り詰める |
 Korean: 단축하다 |
 Lithuanian: sutrumpinti, sumažinti |
 Latvian: samazināt; saīsināt |
 Malay: memendekkan |
 Dutch: bekorten |
 Norwegian: gjøre kortere, innskrenke |
 Polish: skracać |
 Persian: کوتاه کردن؛ خلاصه کردن |
 Pashto: لنډ کول، خلاصه کول |
 Portuguese: encurtar |
 Romanian: a scurta |
 Russian: сокращать |
 Slovak: skrátiť |
 Slovenian: skrajšati |
 Serbian: skratiti |
 Swedish: korta av, minska |
 Thai: ย่อ |
 Turkish: kısaltmak, kısa kesmek |
 Taiwanese: 縮減，縮短 |
 Ukrainian: скорочувати; урізати |
 Urdu: مختصر كرنا، كم كرنا |
 Vietnamese: rút gọn |
 Chinese: 缩短，减缩 |
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