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   spay

   /speɪ/

   verb

   • 1. sterilize (a female animal) by removing the ovaries: "the animals must be spayed or neutered before they are given up for adoption"

   Word Origin late Middle English: shortening of Old French espeer ‘cut with a sword’, from espee ‘sword’, from Latin spatha (see spathe).

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • S

     1

   • P

     3

   • A

     1

   • Y

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