expectorate 
They affirm thai as uell the i ,i ihe otii< r .loth ex- 
,it, the fleame gathered In the ohettt 
//. ,11,111,1. tr. of Pliny, xxiv. HI. 
2. To eject or reject as if by spitting; cast out 
or aside as useless or worthless. [Hare.] 
I lath it I faith ] not sovereign viitne in it to excerebrate 
all ran--, .,-,,,','tnr,il, all l.-.n I 
>'. II ,,,;l, seniioii.s, p. 2a. 
II. iiitnuitt. To eject matter from the lungs 
or throat by coughing or hawking and spitting ; 
by euphemism, to spit. 
Inaliilit \ t.. , .,'!" ,-f ",;,(, is often the immediate cause of 
death. (Juain, Med. Hid. 
expectoration (cks-pek-to-ra'shon), . [= P. 
i.ri'i'i'/nniliiiii = Sj). <:rp> 'flnniritiH = Pg. . 
toracSo = It. ('.<</>< Unrit-ione, < L. as if *ejr/nT- 
toratio(n-), < rxpcctorare, pp. f.riiiTtnnttiis, in 
lit. sense: see expiTlnrnti:.] 1. 'Ihe act of dis- 
charging phlegm or mucus from the throat or 
lungs, by coughing or hawking and spitting; 
euphemistically, a spitting. 
The act of i-i'/n-etoratiiin. is, as a rule, most easy In that 
position in which respiration is most free. 
Quoin, Med. Diet. 
2. The matter expectorated. 
Saline matter is abundant in the transparent viscid ex- 
l,,,i't,,,;il,",i. I,,,,",,/, Med. Diet. 
expectorative (oks-pek'to-ra-tiv), (i. and n. [= 
Sp. apMtOMtbO ; as >'j-p<Ttnite + -ice.] I. a. 
Having the quality of promoting expectoration. 
II. n. An expectorant. 
Syrups and other 'j-jtft-lonitii'e.i, in coughs, must neces- 
sarily occasion a greater cough, llarreit. Consumptions. 
expede (oks-ped'), v. t.; pret. and pp. expeded, 
ppr. expeding. [= D. cxpedieren = G. expediren 
= Dan. expedere = Sw. expedient, < OF. <.;/- 
dii-i; P. cj-pt'dirr, despatch (< ML. as if "exjie- 
ditare, freq.), = Sp. Pg. expedir = It. eapedirc, 
spcdire, despatch, < L. t:i-jiiiliri-, expedite, orig. 
free the feet, as from a snare, hence disengage, 
despatch, etc., impers. be serviceable or expe- 
dient, < ex, out, + i>cs (pcd-) = E. foot. Cf. ini- 
/inlt; despatch, depeach, impeach. Also expedite; 
hence (fro in L. cxpcdirc) expedient, expedite, etc.] 
To despatch; expedite. [Now only Scotch.] 
When any see was vacant, a writ was issued out of the 
chancery for seising on all the temporalities of the bishop- 
rick, and then the king recommended one to the Pope, 
upon which his bulls were expeded at Rome. 
/;/<. Unmet, Hist, Reformation, i. 
To expede letters, in Scots imr. to write out the princi- 
pal writ and get it signed, sealed, or otherwise completed. 
expediatet (eks-pe'di-at), v. t. [< L. as if *cx- 
/ifitintii!. lor expcditus: see expede and expedite.] 
To expedite. 
i ireat alterations iii some kind of merchandise may serve 
for the present instant to expediate their business. 
Sir K, fin Ml its, State of Religion. 
expedience (cks-pe'di-ens), n. [< OF. cxpedi- 
i ,, f, '. ['.i.r/ii'ilicnce = Pg. expediencia, < ML. ex- 
/M'tlientiii, < L. cj'pcdieu(t-)n, expedient: see ex- 
pedient.] 1. Fitness; suitableness: same as 
expediency. [Rare.] 
The expedience of retirement is yet greater, as it removes 
us out of the way of the most pressing and powerful temp- 
tations that are incident to human nature. 
By. Attir/ntrit, Sermons, I. x. 
2f. An expedition ; an adventure. 
Then let me hear 
Of yon, my gentle cousin Westmoreland, 
What yesternight onr council did decree, 
In forwarding this dear extfili,',',;: 
Sha*., 1 Hen. IV., i. 1. 
3f. Expedition; haste; despatch. 
Three thousand men of war 
\rc making hither, with all due expedience. 
SI,,,!,:, Kich. II., II. 1. 
expediency(eks-pe'di-en-si), n. [As <: i-jifdif -iii-i': 
eee-ency.] 1. The quality of being expedient ; 
fitness or suitableness to effect some desired 
end or the purpose intended ; propriety or ad- 
visability under (lie particular circumstances 
of a case; advan'ageousness. 
We nn.liTstand Hie . \r t ,, ,!,', ,,/ of kccpiM-,' the functions 
of eook and eoaehinan distinct. 
Macaiitnii, Hallam's ('oust. Hist. 
2. That which is expedient or suitable; the 
proper or most eflicient mode of procedure for 
gaining a desired end. 
Much declamation may he heard in the present day 
au.ii i. as if it were not the proper object of 
a deliberative HSSI nilih. and as if it were only pursued by 
the unprincipled. Wlmt.-lii. lihetorie. ii. I. note. 
\\hen Infinite Wisdom estal.li.-hed the rules of right 
and honesty, he saw to i( that justice should be always the 
highc-t ' !/.. I H'. t'liilli/,.1. Speeches, p. 19. 
3. Specifically, the principle of doing what is 
deemed most practicable or serviceable under 
the circumstances; utilitarian wisdom. [The sin- 
2077 
inter meaning; often attached to this word l not) Inherent 
In It, but mi-. -. i>,,m the frci|iieni dtaregird of moi 
sideratious in determining what is cvp.-li. nl. i:\pedien. 
i> under proper conditions be lonsnnant with the 
t morality.] 
Through the whole system of society expediency is the 
only governing principle. Brougham. 
will hardly be deemed strongly ethical language: 
to many it will sound like the language of expediency rat lie r 
than of ethics. IHHiotheca Sacra, XI.III. Kill. 
The ill-repute which attaches to considerations of expe. 
i. so far as it is well founded, Is chiclty due to the 
fact that, when tin- i|in stion of conduct at issue is one 
whi.h tin' person debating It has a private interest In de- 
ciding one way or the other when he himself will gain 
pleasure or avoid pain I. y either decision the admission 
, diency as the ground of decision Is apt to give him 
an excuse for deciding in his own favour. 
7'. //. (Ireen, Prolegomena to Ethics, i 330. 
4f. An expedient. Varies. 
He proposed a most excellent expediency (which would 
be of happy use if still continued), for the satisfaction of 
some scrupulous mcnil>ers lu the House of Commons, aliont 
the ceremonies of onr church. 
Barnard, Ueylin's Hist. Reformation, p. \\ii. 
expedient (eks-pe'di-ent), a. and . [< OP. i-s- 
lii dient, F. expedient == Sp. Pg. expedients = It. 
IS/H 'dii-n/e, < L. cxpedien(t-), ppr. of expedire, 
bring forward, despatch, etc., impers. be ser- 
viceable, profitable, advantageous, expedient: 
see expede, expedite.] I. a. If. Serving to pro- 
mote or urge forward ; quick; expeditious. 
Kxpedient manage must be made, my liege, 
Ere further leisure yield them further means. 
Shalt., Kich. II., 1. 4. 
2f. Direct ; without deviation or unnecessary 
delay. 
His inarches are expedient to this town. 
Shalr., K. John, ii. 1. 
3. Tending to promote some proposed or de- 
sired object; fit or suitable for the purpose; 
proper under the circumstances ; advisable. 
It is e Xfiedieut for you that I go away. John xvf. 7. 
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not ex- 
pedient. 1 Cor. vi. 12. 
Though set times and forms of prayer are not absolutely 
necessary in private prayer, yet they are highly expr<l,, , l. 
J. II. Xrmnan, Parochial Sermons, i. 240. 
He (Cleomenesl should not spare to do anything that 
should be expedient for the honour of Sparta. 
Korth, tr. of Plutarch, p. 87.1. 
4. Conducive or tending to present advantage 
or self-interest. 
For a patriot too cool, for a drudge disobedient. 
And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. 
Goldsmith, Retaliation, 1. 40. 
= Syn. 3 and 4. Advisable, desirable, advantageous, prof- 
itable, useful, best, wise. 
II. n. 1. That which serves to promote or 
advance a desired result ; any means which may 
be employed to accomplish an end. 
It pu/ylrth the wisest among our selves to find out ex- 
pedients to keep us from mining one of the best churches 
of the Christian World. Stillinnjteet, Sermons, I. vlii. 
What sure expedient then shall Juno find, 
To calm her fears, and ease her lxling mind? 
A. Phillip*, Fable of Thllle. 
2. Means devised or employed in an exigency ; 
a shift; a device. 
The Roman religion is commodious in nothing more than 
in finding out expi'dientu, either for removing quite away, 
or for shifting from one to another, all personal punish- 
ments. /.'' . "''. San! and Samuel at Endor, xxi. 
New rri'eilii'iit* mn.st accordingly be devised to meet the 
unexpected emergency. 
Th, ,,,lnre Parker, Sermon on Providence. 
The expedient, In this case, was a very simple one, nei- 
ther more nor less than a bribe. 
Macaidaij, Warren Hastings. 
=Syil. Exitedient, Resource, Resort, Contrivance, Dei-ice. 
St,//t. Expedient, contrivance, and dt'rice indicate arti- 
ficial means of escape from ditlicnlty or embarrassment; 
. indicates natural means or something possessed : 
and shift may indicate either. A shift is a tempo- 
rary, poor, or desperate exitfdieut. When one's resource* 
begin to fail, one has recourse to contrinnu'ex. ext'ili''ntx, 
and finally to almost any shift. Resort Is less often 
applied to the thing resorted to than to the act of resorting. 
i ':,,i'rimnce and denice suggest most of ingenuity. 
We have the present Yankee, full of exjyedients, half- 
master of alt trades, inventive in all but the beautiful, 
full of nhifts, not yet capaMe of comfort. 
Lotivll. Iliglow Papers, 1st ser.. Int. 
Different races of ants have very different resource*, 
and . . . different individuals, even in the same race, show 
a ferj different mount of moaroe '" deeUngwuh the 
same difficulty. /..,.. >W. Mo.. XXVI. 2t;j 
I'.etween justice as my prime support, 
And mercy, tied to as the last resort, 
I glide and steal along with Heav'n in view. 
Camper. Hoi. 
They [new settlers] have a motive to lalmur more assidu- 
ouslv, and to adopt eantrirnw tor making their labour 
eilcctual. ./. >'. Mill. Pol. Econ., I. vlli. -2. 
Coura'-'c the liiuhe-t '.lift, that scorns to Lend 
To mean -.irdid end. 
r, Love and a Bottle, Ded. 
expedition 
i. enfurc'd to try, 
To help out w it v i. ty. 
',:. Indian </il< en. I j.il 
expediential (rks-pf.-di-rn'.sh.;|i,i, <>. |< op 
ill', i,, (.Ml '/if) + -til.'] IVrtaining to 
expediency; regulated by expediency: as, an 
i.r/ii /In uliiil policy. 
Calculating exi>edieittiiil understanding. II, ir 
Some churchmen have almost strlpt it of doctrinal sig- 
nificance and left it with a m. ' ..r 
value, as a sort of F.piscopal I'lesbs ter iani 
..itionali-in tinctured will, 
value, as a sort of F.piscopal I'lesbs ter ianiMn or so-called 
ify, xxxi. :. 
expedientially (eks-pe-di-en'shal-i), /r. In 
an expediential manner; for the sake of expe- 
diency. 
We should never deviate save <~xi*<li<,i;,,l! ,i. 
F. Hull, Mil. Eng., p. SB. 
expediently (eks-pg'di-ent-li), adv. If. Hast- 
ily; quickly. 
Do this txpeilitnthi, and turn him going. 
,SArt*., As yon Like It, ill. 1. 
2. In ai i expedient manner; fitly; suitably; 
conveniently. 
expedimentt (eks-ped'i-ment), n. [< ML. ex- 
jiedimentiim, explained 'impedimentum' but 
prop, of opposite meaning, < L. expedite, set 
free, disengage, despatch, etc.: see expede, ex- 
pedite. Cf. impediment.] An expedient. 
A like expediment to remove discontent 
Barrinr. 
expeditate (eks-ped'i-tat), r. t. ; pret. and pp. 
expeditnted, ppr. exprditating. K ML. (Law L.) 
cxpeditdtits, pp. of expeditare, { L. ex- priv. + 
pen (ped-) = E. foot.] In Kni/. forest law, to 
cut out the balls or claws of the fore feet of, 
as a dog, to render incapable of hunting. 
In the forest laws, every one that keeps a great dog not 
expeditated forfeits three shillings and four pence to the 
king. Chamber*. 
expeditation (eks-ped-i-ta'shon), . [< ML. 
expeditatio(n-), (. ctpeiliture, expeditate : see ex- 
pnlitate.] The act of expeditating, or the state 
of being expeditated. 
expedite (eks'pe-dit), t?. t. ; pret. and pp. expe- 
dited, ppr. expediting. [< L. expcditus, pp. of 
expedire, despatch, etc., impers. be serviceable, 
advantageous, or expedient: see expede.] 1. 
To remove impediments to the movement or 
progress of; accelerate the motion or progress 
of; hasten; quicken: as, the general sent or- 
ders to expedite the march of the army ; artifi- 
cial heat may expedite the growth of plants. 
liy sin and Death a broad way now is paved. 
To expedite your glorious march. 
Hilton, P. L., I. 474. 
The Prince himself had repeatedly offered to withdraw 
forever from the country, if his absence would expedite a 
settlement satisfactory to the provinces. 
Motley, Dutch Repnhlic, II. f>l. 
2. To despatch ; send forth ; issue officially. 
Though such charters he exftedited of course, and as of 
right, yet they are varied by discretion. Baertn. 
Orders were undoubtedly expedited from Jerusalem to 
Damascus, as soon as messengers could be Interchanged. 
De Quincey, Essenes, I. 
= Syn. 1. To speed, forward, advance, press on, press for- 
ward, urge on, urge forward, drive, push, 
expedite! (eks'pe-dit), a. [= D. expediet = Dan. 
Sw. expedit = Sp. Pg. expedito = It. expedite, 
spcdito, < L. expcditus, unimpeded, free, ready, 
easy, pp. of expedire, despatch : see expede, ex- 
pedite, t'.] 1. Cleared of impediments; unob- 
structed; unimpeded; unencumbered. 
Nature can teach the church hut in part ; neither so 
fully as is requisite for man's salvation, nor so easily as to 
make the way plain and expedite. Hooker, Eccles. Polity. 
That the ways of his Lord and ours might he made clear, 
ready, and expedite. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), 1. 86. 
2. Keady ; quick ; expeditious. 
The second method of doctrine was Introduced for ex- 
pedite use and assurance sake. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, 11. 224. 
Speech is a very short and expedite way of conveying 
their thoughts. Locke, Human Understanding, II. 19. 
expeditely (eks'pe-dit-li), adr. Expeditiously. 
Who would not more readily learn to write fairly and 
expedite!'! by imitating one good copy than by hearken- 
ing to a thousand oral prescriptions'.' 
Barrow, Works, III. ii. 
expedition (eks-pe-dish'on), n. [= D. erpeditic 
= G. Dan. Sw. expedition, < OF. expedition, F. 
expedition = Sp. ex)>edirion = Pg. expedi^So = 
It. fi>pedi~inne, xpi'<li;iiie. < L. ejcpeditio(n-), a 
despatching, a military enterprise, an expedi- 
tion, < expiilin. licsjiiitch, etc.: see expede, ex- 
pi'dite.] 1. The state of being freed from im- 
pediments; hence, expeditiousness ; prompt- 
ness ; haste ; speed ; quickness ; despatch. 
