écourter — meaning in English

English meaning

• curtail verb To cut something short or reduce it, especially something that would otherwise have continued at its full extent.
• shorten verb To make something shorter in length, duration, or extent.

Senses

écourter is used for these senses in English:

• curtail (transitive, obsolete) To cut short the tail of (an animal).
• curtail (transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of; to bring an end to; to truncate.

curtail — full definition

1. verb To cut something short or reduce it, especially something that would otherwise have continued at its full extent.
2. verb To restrict a freedom, right or activity, limiting what someone is allowed to do.

shorten — full definition

1. verb To make something shorter in length, duration, or extent.
2. verb To become shorter.

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