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expeditating

expeditating is the present participle and gerund of expeditate.

Meaning of expeditate

Verb

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

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

Questions about expeditating

What is expeditating the present participle and gerund of?
Expeditating is the present participle and gerund of expeditate.

Words near expeditating in the dictionary

  1. expediments
  2. expeding
  3. expeditate
  4. expeditated
  5. expeditates
  6. expeditating
  7. expeditation
  8. expeditations
  9. expedite
  10. expedited
  11. expeditely

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