EXPEDITATE

expeditate. Expeditate, v.t. to cut out the balls of the foot

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Ex‐ped″i‐tate (?), v. t. [[LL. expeditatus, p. p. of expeditare to expeditate; ex out + pes, pedis, foot.]] (Eng. Forest Laws) To deprive of the claws or the balls of the fore feet; as, to expeditate a dog that he may not chase deer.