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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