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deˈpeditate, v. nonce-wd. [f. L. pēs, pedis foot, after decapitate.] trans. To deprive of one's feet (or the use of them).
1808Satirist in Spir. Publ. Jrnls. (1809) XII. 328 Almost depeditated by the amicable contest with Thrale, in which we overleaped a Roman sellula. So depediˈtation. [after decapitation.] Amputation of a foot.
a1773Johnson in Tour Hebrides 29 Aug., Dr. Johnson..said, ‘George will rejoice at the depeditation of Foote’; and when I challenged that word, laughed, and owned he had made it. |