Curtailing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Curtail \Cur*tail"\ (k[u^]r*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Curtailed} (-t[=a]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Curtailing}.] [See
     {Curtal}.]
     To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to
     abridge; to diminish; to reduce.
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           I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. --Shak.
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           Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been
           doubled.                                 --Macaulay.
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