to stop something before it is finished, or to reduce or limit something:
Curtail
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To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; toabridge; to diminish; to reduce.I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. Shak.Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled.Macualay.
Curtail meaning & definition 1 of Curtail.
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cut short or abbreviate
Curtail meaning & definition 2 of Curtail.
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