Webster's Dictionary 1913

4429

Expatiation

Ex‐pa′ti‐a″tion (?), n. Act of expatiating.

4430

Expatiatory

Ex‐pa″ti‐a‐to‐ry (?), a. Expansive; diffusive.

4431

Expatriate

Ex‐pa″tri‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Expatriated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Expatriating (?).] [LL. expatriatus, p. p. of expatriare; L. ex out + patria fatherland, native land, fr. p...

4432

Expatriation

Ex‐pa′tri‐a″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. expatriation.] The act of banishing, or the state of banishment; especially, the forsaking of one's own country with a renunciation of allegianc...

4433

Expect

Ex‐pect″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Expected; p. pr. & vb. n.Expecting.] [L. expectatum, to look out for, await, expect; ex + out spectare to look at. See Spectacle.] 1. To wait fo...

4434

Expect (2)

Ex‐pect″, v. t. To wait; to stay. Sandys.

4435

Expect (3)

Ex‐pect″, n. Expectation. Shak.

4436

Expectable

Ex‐pect″a‐ble (?), a. [L. expectabilis.] That may be expected or looked for. Sir T. Browne.

4437

Expectance

{ Ex‐pect″ance (?), Ex‐pect″an‐cy (?), } n. 1. The act of expecting; expectation. Milton.2. That which is expected, or looked or waited for with interest; the object of expectat...

4438

Expectant

Ex‐pect″ant (?), a. [L. expectans, exspectans, p. pr. of expectare, exspectare: cf. F. expectant.] Waiting in expectation; looking for; (Med.) waiting for the efforts of nature,...

4439

Expectant (2)

Ex‐pect″ant, n. One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good.An expectant of future glory. South.Those who had employments, or were expect...

4440

Expectation

Ex′pec‐ta″tion (?) n. [L. expectio. exspectio: cf. F. expectation.] 1. The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen. “In expectation of a gues...

4441

Expectative

Ex‐pect″a‐tive (?), a. [Cf. F. expectatif.] Constituting an object of expectation; contingent.Expectative grace, a mandate given by the pope or a prince appointing a successor t...

4442

Expectative (2)

Ex‐pect″a‐tive, n. [F. expectative, fr. expectatif expectant.] Something in expectation; esp., an expectative grace. Milman.

4443

Expectedly

Ex‐pect″ed‐ly, adv. In conformity with expectation. Walpole.

4444

Expecter

Ex‐pect″er (?), n. One who expects.

4445

Expectingly

Ex‐pect″ing‐ly, adv. In a state of expectation.

4446

Expective

Ex‐pect″ive (?), a. Expectative. Shipley.

4447

Expectorant

Ex‐pec″to‐rant (?), a. [L. expectorans, p. pr. of expectorare to drive from the breast: cf. F. expectorant.] (Med.) Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges ...

4448

Expectorate

Ex‐pec″to‐rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Expectorated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Expectorating (?).] [L. expecrorare to drive from the breast; ex out + pectus, pectiris, breast. See Pect...

4449

Expectorate (2)

Ex‐pec″to‐rate, v. i. To discharge matter from the lungs or throat by hawking and spitting; to spit.

4450

Expectoration

Ex‐pec′to‐ra″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. expectoration.] 1. The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting.2. That which is expectorat...

4451

Expectorative

Ex‐pec″to‐ra‐tive (?), a. & n. Same as Expectorant. Harvey.

4452

Expede

Ex‐pede″ (?) v. t. To expedite; to hasten.

4453

Expediate

Ex‐pe″di‐ate (?), v. t. [Cf. F. expédier. See Expedite.] To hasten; to expedite. “To expediate their business.” Sir E. Sandys.

4454

Expedience

{ Ex‐pe″di‐ence (?), Ex‐pe″di‐en‐cy (?), }, n. 1. The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-inter...

4455

Expedient

Ex‐pe″di‐ent (?) a. [L. expediens, -entis, p. pr. of expedire to be expedient, release, extricate: cf. F. expédient. See Expedite.] 1. Hastening or forward; hence, tending to fu...