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Expeditate

Expeditate \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. See also declaw.

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expeditate

vb. (context UK obsolete transitive legal forest law English) To deprive of the claws or the balls of the forefoot.