depeditatev.
transitive. To deprive of one's feet (or the use of them).Apparently an isolated use.
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1808 Satirist in Spir. Publ. Jrnls. (1809) XII. 328 Almost depeditated by the amicable contest with Thrale, in which we overleaped a Roman sellula.
Derivatives
depediˈtation n. [after decapitation.] amputation of a foot.
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a1773 S. Johnson 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.
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