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curted

curted is the simple past and past participle of curt.

Meaning of curt

Verb

curt (third-person singular simple present curts, present participle curting, simple past and past participle curted)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To cut, cut short, shorten.
    • Curting thy life, hee takes thy Card away.1608, [Guillaume de Salluste] Du Bartas, translated by Josuah Sylvester, Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Humfrey Lownes [and are to be sold by Arthur Iohnson...

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Questions about curted

What is curted the simple past and past participle of?
Curted is the simple past and past participle of curt.

Words near curted in the dictionary

  1. curtation
  2. curtations
  3. curtaxe
  4. Curtea
  5. Curtea de Argeș
  6. curted
  7. curtein
  8. curteins
  9. curtel
  10. curtelasse
  11. curtelasses

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