expediate

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To injure (a dog) by cutting away the pads of the forefeet, thereby preventing it from hunting. historical,rare,transitive
    — 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 laws were more rigidly enforced, the owner of any dog not expediated, living within the diſtrict, was liable to a fine for non-obedience.
  2. Misconstruction of expedite. alt-of,misconstruction
形容词 adj.
  1. Expeditious. obsolete

词形变化

expediates present,singular,third-person expediating participle,present expediated participle,past expediated past more expediate comparative most expediate superlative

词源

词源 1
From Latin (ex-, pes, pedis (“foot”)); compare excoriate.
词源 2
See expedite and expeditious.
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