Usually means: Make shorter; reduce in length.
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  1. decurtate: Merriam-Webster
  2. decurtate: Wordnik
  3. decurtate: Wiktionary
  4. decurtate: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

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Definitions from Wiktionary (decurtate)

▸ adjective:  shortened, curtailed
▸ verb:  (archaic, rare, transitive) To cut short.

Similar:
cut short, abridged, cut-down, abbreviate, discided, decutinized, cut down, clipped, prescindent, bated, more...

Opposite:
elongate, lengthen, extend

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Similar:
cut short, abridged, cut-down, abbreviate, discided, decutinized, cut down, clipped, prescindent, bated, more...

Opposite:
elongate, lengthen, extend



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