Expeditate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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