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spay

1[spey] ,
–verb (used with object) Veterinary Medicine.
to remove the ovaries of (an animal).

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME spayen < AF espeïer to cut with a sword (OF espeer), deriv. of espee sword; see épée
spay   (spā)   
tr.v.   spayed, spay·ing, spays
To remove surgically the ovaries of (an animal).

[Middle English spaien, from Anglo-Norman espeier, to cut with a sword, from espee, sword, from Latin spatha; see spathe.]
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