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Meaning of
'curtail'
(Webster Dictionary)
1 .
Curtail
[
n.
]
- The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
2 .
Curtail
[
v. t.
]
- To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.
Meaning of 'curtail' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 .
curtail
[
v
]
Meaning (1):
- place restrictions on
Example in sentence:
curtail drinking in school
Meaning (2):
- terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
Example in sentence:
My speech was cut short;
Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
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