expeditate

verb /ɛksˈpɛdɪteɪt/

1. To deprive of the claws or the balls of the forefeet.

   obsolete, transitive

   They expeditated the dogs, to stop them chasing deer.

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry expeditate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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