expediate
expediate verb: to injure (a dog) by cutting away the pads of the forefeet, thereby preventing it from hunting. Also the misconstruction of expedite.
Verb
expediate (third-person singular simple present expediates, present participle expediating, simple past and past participle expediated)
- To injure (a dog) by cutting away the pads of the forefeet, thereby preventing it from hunting.
- EXPEDIATE—is a term tranſmitted from one book to another by former writers, but is at preſent little uſed in either theory or practice. It implies the cutting out the centrical ball of the foot of a dog, or ſuch claws as ſhall totally prevent his purſuit of game. In earlier times, when the forest...1803, William Taplin, The Sporting Dictionary and Rural Repository of General Information Upon Every Subject Appertaining to the Sports of the Field, Vernor and Hood, page 236
- Among other liberties, they were permitted to assart their lands in Woodford and many other places, and enclose them with a ditch and low hedge, that they might take of their woods at pleasure; to have the forfeiture of their own men; to hunt the fox, hare, and cat, in the forest; that their dogs...1814, Elizabeth Ogborne, The History of Essex: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, page 73
Adjective
expediate (comparative more expediate, superlative most expediate)
Also used as
expediate is also the misconstruction of expedite.
Forms of expediate
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | expediates |
| present participle | expediating |
| past participle | expediated |
| past | expediated |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more expediate |
| superlative | most expediate |
Origin of expediate
From Latin (ex-, pes, pedis (“foot”)); compare excoriate.
See expedite and expeditious.
Questions about expediate
- What does expediate mean?
- Expediate means to injure (a dog) by cutting away the pads of the forefeet, thereby preventing it from hunting.
- What part of speech is expediate?
- Expediate can be a verb or an adjective.
- What is the past tense of expediate?
- The past tense of expediate is expediated.
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