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spay

1  [spey] ,
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–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
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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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Word Origin & History

spay 
c.1410, "stab with a sword, kill," also "remove the ovaries of," from Anglo-Fr. espeier "cut with a sword," from M.Fr. espeer, from O.Fr. espee "sword" (Fr. épée), from L. spatha "broad, flat weapon or tool," from Gk. spathe "broad blade" (see spade (1)).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: spay
Pronunciation: 'spA
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: spayed; spay·ing
: to remove the ovaries of (afemale animal)
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spay (spā)
v. spayed, spay·ing, spays
To surgically remove the ovaries of an animal.

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