Expedient (2)
Ex‐pe″di‐ent, n. 1. That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end.What sure expedient than shall Juno find,To calm her fears and ease her boding m...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Expediential
Ex‐pe′di‐en″tial (?). Governed by expediency; seeking advantage; as an expediential policy. “Calculating, expediential understanding.” Hare. — Ex‐pe′di‐en″tial‐ly, adv.Fitzed. Hall
Expediently
Ex‐pe″di‐ent‐ly (?) adv. 1. In an expedient manner; fitly; suitably; conveniently.2. With expedition; quickly.
Expediment
Ex‐ped″i‐ment (?) n. An expedient.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 fee...
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...
Expedite (2)
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; t...
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 expe...
Expeditionary
Ex′pe‐di″tion‐a‐ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to an expedition; as, an expeditionary force.
Expeditionist
Ex′pe‐di″tion‐ist, n. One who goes upon an expedition..
Expeditious
Ex′pe‐di″tious (?), a. Possessed of, or characterized by, expedition, or efficiency and rapidity in action; performed with, or acting with, expedition; quick; having celerity; s...
Expeditive
Ex‐ped″i‐tive (?), a. [Cf. F. expéditif.] Performing with speed. Bacon.
Expel
Ex‐pel″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Expelled (?), p. pr. & vb. n.. Expelling.] [L. expellere, expulsum; ex out + pellere to drive: cf.F. expeller. See Pulse a beat.] 1. To drive or ...
Expellable
Ex‐pel″la‐ble (?), a. Capable of being expelled or driven out. “Expellable by heat.” Kirwan.
Expeller
Ex‐pel″ler (?), n. One who, or that which, expels.
Expend
Ex‐pend″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Expended; p. pr. & vb. n.Expending.] [L. expendere, expensum, to weigh out, pay out, lay out, lay out; ex out + pendere to weigh. See Poise, and...
Expend (2)
Ex‐pend″, v. i. 1. To be laid out, used, or consumed.2. To pay out or disburse money.They go elsewhere to enjoy and to expend. Macaulay.
Expenditor
Ex‐pend″i‐tor (?), n.(O. Eng. Law) A disburser; especially, one of the disbursers of taxes for the repair of sewers. Mozley & W.
Expenditure
Ex‐pend″iture (?), n. 1. The act of expending; a laying out, as of money; disbursement.Our expenditure purchased commerce and conquest. Burke.2. That which is expended or paid o...
Expense
Ex‐pense″ (?), n. [L. expensa (sc. pecunia), or expensum, fr. expensus, p. p. of expendere. See Expend.] 1. A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure.Husband nature's r...
Expensefull
Ex‐pense″full (?), a. Full of expense; costly; chargeable. Sir H. Wotton. — Ex‐pense″ful‐ly, adv. — Ex‐pense″ful‐ness, n.
Expenseless
Ex‐pense″less, a. Without cost or expense.
Expensive
Ex‐pen″sive (?), a. 1. Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family.War is expensive, and peace desi...
Experience
Ex‐pe″ri‐ence (ĕks‐pē″rĭ‐ens), n. [F. expérience, L. experientia, tr. experiens, experientis, p. pr. of experiri, expertus, to try; ex out + the root of peritus experienced. See...
Experience (2)
Ex‐pe″ri‐ence, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Experienced (–enst); p. pr. & vb. n.Experiencing (–en‐sĭng).] 1. To make practical acquaintance with; to try personally; to prove by use or tri...