▸ verb: (transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off. ▸ verb: (transitive, archaic, rare) To debar from. ▸ verb: (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent. ▸ verb: (transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense. ▸ verb: (transitive) Cut short; truncate. ▸ verb: (transitive) To curtail. ▸ noun: A village in Essex, England
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