expeditate

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English

Etymology

From Latin expeditatus, past participle of expeditare (to expeditate), from ex (out) + ped- (foot).

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expeditate (third-person singular simple present expeditates, present participle expeditating, simple past and past participle expeditated)

  1. (UK, obsolete, transitive, law, forest law) To deprive of the claws or the balls of the forefeet.
    They expeditated the dogs, to stop them chasing deer.

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Spanish

Verb

expeditate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of expeditar combined with te