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EXPEDITATE
Etymology
Verb
expeditate (third-person singular simple present expeditates, present participle expeditating, simple past and past participle expeditated)
(UK, obsolete, transitive, legal, forest law) To deprive of the claws or the balls of the forefeet.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*ped"i*tate, v. t. Etym: [LL. expeditatus, p. p. of expeditare to expeditate; ex out + pes, pedis, foot.] (Eng. Forest Laws)
Definition: To deprive of the claws or the balls of the fore feet; as, to expeditate a dog that he may not chase deer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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