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spay (spā)

transitive verb

to sterilize (a female animal) by removing the ovaries

Etymology: ME spayen, aphetic < Anglo-Fr espeier < OFr espeer, to cut with a sword < espee, sword < L spatha: see spade

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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