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curtail
/kəːˈteɪl/
verb
[with object]
1 Reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on.
1.1 curtail someone of archaic Deprive someone of (something)
Origin
Late
15th century: from obsolete curtal ‘horse with a docked tail’, from
French courtault, from court ‘short’, from Latin curtus. The change in
the ending was due to association with tail and perhaps also with French
tailler ‘to cut’.
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Yesterday's work was curtailed by a need to go to the hospital to deal with an uneven heartbeat. Rating its rate, the doctors said, "lie still while we get this organ under control!"
