| 单词 | to curtail in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto curtail in 4. to curtail (a person, etc.) of: to dock him of some part of his property, to deprive or rob him of something that he has enjoyed or has a right to. So to curtail in, to shorten in respect of. ΘΠ the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > deprive (of) > partially straiten1523 to curtail (a person, etc.) of1581 to cut short1592 1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1586) iii. iv. 369 Not altogether beheading them [Statutes] of their preambles, Nor any whit curtailing them of their wordes. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. i. 18 I that am curtaild of this faire proportion. View more context for this quotation 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 396 How doe we curtall him of his ordinary dues. a1719 J. Addison in Wks. (c1888) IV. 367 Fact..had taken a wrong name, having curtailed it of three letters; for that his name was not Fact but Faction. 1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. vi. 114 His beard curtailed of ancient dimensions, he wore peaked. 1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith v. i. §2. 279 God is there..curtailed in no attribute. < as lemmas |
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