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curtail
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context architecture English) A scroll termination, as of a step, etc. vb. 1 (context transitive obsolete English) To cut short the tail of an animal 2 (context transitive English) To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate. 3 (context ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Curtail \Cur"tail\ (k?r"t?l), n. The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school" [syn: restrict , curb , cut back ] 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 ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB severely ▪ Since 1979, public sector housing has been severely curtailed . ▪ We will ensure that their influence is severely curtailed and, if possible, removed. ▪ Specialised services on drugs and undercover activity ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., from Middle French courtault "made short," from court "short" (Old French cort , from Latin curtus ; see curt ) + -ault pejorative suffix of Germanic origin. Originally curtal ; used of horses with docked tails, which probably influenced the ...
Usage examples of curtail.
Citing security threats, the FBI withdrew its agents from Yemen, severely curtailing the probe into the bombing of the Cole.
Meanwhile, as though in peacetime, I had become a trained and experienced U-boat commander, and a whole year had passed Later, when there were more new boats but also more losses training time was curtailed and this would have its consequences.
The making of an argument was curtailed as the Bullnose Morris reached the junction of Tallow Dock Lane and Westferry Road.
All hopes to establish negotiations and thus curtail Hiver incursions in the Star League are thwarted.
Forced to curtail some of his more obviously sinister activities for the time, Par-Chavorlem had unwillingly given more freedom to the bipeds who worked in the City.
In 1616, a pope and a cardinal inquisitor reprimanded Galileo, warning him to curtail his forays into the supernal realms.
Curtail the foreigners by, for instance, speeding up deportation procedures for illegals and tightening regulations for family members to join immigrants already in Germany.
Gaius Gracchus legislated to try to curtail that, and to stop the smallholdings of Italy becoming the prey of big-time speculating graziers!
Each of those dissociations and alienationsof the transpersonal, the interpersonal, and the prepersonalwould severely curtail its cherished freedom.
He had come to believe that those Ayatollahs and Mullahs, in curtailing freedom of choice and in punishing severely the slightest variance from what they proclaimed as God's plan, were in fact acting for God.
In an effort to curtail these losses, many Castles switched to having customers pay when they ordered, instead of the old practice of paying after they had eaten their meals.
Criminals’ rights were curtailed and stricter sentencing guidelines put in place.
Before he knew it, Rosie was through the curtailed restatement of the first section and sent the keys pounding toward the rising climax.
The magics that had made Ischade free of the place were severely curtailed since the loss of the Globes of Power.
Never mind that his prison was the many acres of his father's ranch: his freedom of movement had been severely curtailed and he was unused to that.