EXPECTATION
EXPECTA'TION, noun [Latin expectatio.] The act of expecting or looking forward to a future event with at least some reason to believe the event will happen. expectation differs ...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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EXPECTATIVE
EXPECT'ATIVE, noun That which is expected. [Not used.]
EXPECTER
EXPECT'ER, noun One who expects; one who waits for something, or for another person.
EXPECTING
EXPECT'ING, participle present tense Waiting or looking for the arrival of.
EXPECTORANT
EXPEC'TORANT, adjective [See Expectorate.] Having the quality of promoting discharges from the lungs.EXPEC'TORANT, noun A medicine which promotes discharges from the lungs.
EXPECTORATE
EXPEC'TORATE, verb transitive [Latin expectoro; ex and pectus, the breast.]To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking and spit...
EXPECTORATED
EXPEC'TORATED, participle passive Discharged from the lungs.
EXPECTORATING
EXPEC'TORATING, participle present tense Throwing from the lungs by hawking and spitting.
EXPECTORATION
EXPECTORA'TION, noun The act of discharging phlegm or mucus from the lungs, by coughing, hawking and spitting.
EXPECTORATIVE
EXPEC'TORATIVE, adjective Having the quality of promoting expectoration.
EXPEDIATE
EXPE'DIATE, verb transitive To expedite. [Not in use.]
EXPEDIENCE
EXPE'DIENCEEXPE'DIENCY, noun [See Speed, Expedient and Expedite.]1. Fitness or suitableness to effect some good end or the purpose intended; propriety under the particular circu...
EXPEDIENCY
EXPE'DIENCY, n. [See Speed, Expedient and Expedite.]1. Fitness or suitableness to effect some good end or the purpose intended; propriety under the particular circumstances of a...
EXPEDIENT
EXPE'DIENT, adjective [Latin expediens; expedio, to hasten; Eng. speed.]1. Literally, hastening; urging forward. Hence, tending to promote the object proposed; fit or suitable f...
EXPEDIENTLY
EXPE'DIENTLY, adverb Fitly; suitably; conveniently.1. Hastily; quickly.
EXPEDITATE
EXPED'ITATE, verb transitive [Latin ex and pes, foot.] In the forest laws of England, to cut out the balls or claws of a dog's fore feet, for the preservation of the king's game.
EXPEDITATION
EXPEDITA'TION, noun The act of cutting out the balls or claws of a dog's fore feet.
EXPEDITE
EX'PEDITE, verb transitive [Latin expedio; Eng. speed. Expedio is compound. We see the same root in impedio, to hinder to send against, to move in opposition.]1. To hasten; to q...
EXPEDITELY
EX'PEDITELY, adverb Readily; hastily; speedily; promptly.
EXPEDITION
EXPEDI'TION, noun [Latin expeditio.] Haste; speed; quickness; dispatch. The mail is conveyed with expedition1. The march of an army, or the voyage of a fleet, to a distant place...
EXPEDITIOUS
EXPEDI'TIOUS, adjective Quick; hasty; speedy; as an expeditious march.1. Nimble; active; swift; acting with celerity; as an expeditious messenger or runner.
EXPEDITIOUSLY
EXPEDI'TIOUSLY, adverb Speedily; hastily; with celerity or dispatch.
EXPEDITIVE
EXPED'ITIVE, adjective Performing with speed.
EXPEL
EXPEL', verb transitive [Latin expello; ex and pello, to drive; from the Latin participle.]1. To drive or force out from any inclosed place; as, to expel wind from the stomach, ...
EXPELLABLE
EXPEL'LABLE, adjective That may be expelled or driven out.Acid expellable by heat.
EXPELLED
EXPEL'LED, participle present tense Driven out or away; forced to leave; banished; exiled; excluded.
EXPELLER
EXPEL'LER, noun He or that which drives out or away.