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Webster 1913 Edition

Expeditate

Ex-ped′i-tate

,
Verb.
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Expeditate

EXPED'ITATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. ex and pes, foot.] In the forest laws of England, to cut out the balls or claws of a dog's fore feet, for the preservation of the king's game.

Definition 2024

expeditate

expeditate

English

Verb

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

  1. (Britain, obsolete, transitive, law, forest law) To deprive of the claws or the balls of the forefeet.
    to expeditate a dog so that he cannot chase deer

Etymology

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

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