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.
Defn: In expedite manner; expeditiously.
EXPEDITENESS
Ex"pe*dite`ness, n.
Defn: Quality of being expedite.
EXPEDITION
Ex`pe*di"tion, n. Etym: [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.