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    [Verb]  | "cur*tail" | \ (ˌ)kər-ˈtāl \


    1: to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part


    Origin: 1580 ;

     By folk etymology from earlier curtal to dock an animal's tail, from curtal, noun, animal with a docked tail, from Middle French courtault{mat|curtal|};

    [Verb]  | "curtail" 


    1: to make less in extent or duration;


      * e.g., " ... curtailed the school day because of the stormy weather "





     [ "curtail" ]

    1: cut short or abbreviate

      * e.g.,  ... Sami curtailed his trip while visiting Morocco. 

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