Expediment
(Ex*ped"i*ment) n. An expedient. [Obs.]
A like expediment to remove discontent.
Barrow. Expeditate
(Ex*ped"i*tate) v. t. [LL. expeditatus, p. p. of expeditare to expeditate; ex out + pes,
pedis, foot.] (Eng. Forest Laws) To deprive of the claws or the balls of the fore feet; as, to expeditate a
dog that he may not chase deer.
Expedite
(Ex"pe*dite) a. [L. expeditus, p. p. of expedire to free one caught by the foot, to extricate,
set free, bring forward, make ready; ex out + pes, prdis, t. See Foot.]
1. Free of impediment; unimpeded.
To make the way plain and expedite.
Hooker. 2. Expeditious; quick; speedily; prompt.
Nimble and expedite . . . in its operation.
Tollotson.
Speech is a very short and expedite way of conveying their thoughts.
Locke. Expedite
(Ex"pe*dite), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expedited ; p. pr. & vb. n. Expediting ]
1. To relieve of impediments; to facilitate; to accelerate the process or progress of; to hasten; to quicken; as,
to expedite the growth of plants.
To expedite your glorious march.
Milton. 2. To despatch; to send forth; to issue officially.
Such charters be expedited of course.
Bacon. Expeditely
(Ex"pe*dite`ly) adv. In expedite manner; expeditiously.
Expediteness
(Ex"pe*dite`ness), n. Quality of being expedite.
Expedition
(Ex`pe*di"tion) n. [L. expeditio: cf.F. expédition.]
1. The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the
mail with expedition.
With winged expedition
Swift as the lightning glance.
2. A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress.
Putting it straight in expedition.
3. An important enterprise, implying a change of place; especially, a warlike enterprise; a march or a
voyage with martial intentions; an excursion by a body of persons for a valuable end; as, a military, naval,
exploring, or scientific expedition; also, the body of persons making such excursion.
The expedition miserably failed.
Prescott.
Narrative of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains.
J. C. Fremont.
