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A united army of Bavarians and Hessians expelled the 
Austrians from the greater part of Bavaria, and on Oct. 
22 reinstated the Emperor in Munich. 
Lecltu, Eng. in 18th Cent., iii. 
2. To exclude; keep out or off. [Rare.] 
O, that that earth which kept the world in awe 
Should patch a wall to expel the winter's flaw ! 
Shak., Hamlet, v. 1. 
3f. To reject; refuse. 
And would ye not poore fellowship expell, 
My selfe would offer you t' accompanie. 
Spenser, Mother Hub. Tale, 1. 96. 
= Syn. 1. Exile, Exclude, etc. (see banish), expatriate, os- 
tracize ; eject, dislodge. 
expedition 
Calvin therefore dispatcheth with all expedition his let- 
ters unto some principal pastor in every of tlxise cities. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, ii., Pref. 
Even with the speediest expedition, 
1 will despatcli him to the emperor's court. 
Shak., T. G. of V., i. 3. 
Witli winged expedition, 
Swift as the lightning glance, he executes 
His errand on the wicked. Milton, S. A., 1. 1283. 
2f. The state of being expedited or put in mo- 
tion; progress; march. 
Let us deliver 
Our puissance into the hand of God, 
Putting it straight in expedition. 
Shak., Hen. V., ii. 2. 
"acidexpellable bylieat.' 1 Kirwan. 2. Subject 
3. An excursion, journey, or voyage made by a 6xpul i on . as members of a club not expel- 
company or body of persons for a specific pur- lu accO unt of political opinions, 
pose; also, such a body and its whole outfit: as, Uant (e ks-pel'ant), . and n. I. a. Ex- 
the expedition of Xerxes into Greece; Wilkes's B ?gSHJ. \, aving t he power to expel: as, an 
exploring expedition; a trading expedition to ' ^ mediein 8 e . Tfionws, M ed. Diet, 
the African coast. ^j K That whiclx expe i s : as, calomel is a 
HelTempleltalks . . . of sleepingonstrawforonenight, 
Maeaulay, Sir William Temple. 
=Syn. 1. Celerity, nimbleness, alertness. 3. Trip, raid. 
expeditionary (eks-pe-dish'on-a-ri), a. [< ex- 
pedition + -an/.] Pertaining to or composing 
an expedition. 
The expeditionary forces were now assembled. 
Goldsmith, Hist. Greece. 
Fresh water was extremely scarce, the expeditionary see ~ c f- ,, r .-. ,/.. 
force spending much time in digging wells. expend (eks-pend'), V. t. [= OF. espendre, 
O'Donomn, Merv, ii. spendre = Sp. Pg. expender = It. spendere, < L. 
Lord Wolseley, who commands the expeditionary army. 
The American, IX. 350. 
expeditioner (eks-pe-dish'on-er), n, 
expeditionist. 
expeditionist (eks-pe-dish'on-ist), n. [< expe- 
dition + -ist.~\ One who makes or takes part in 
an expedition. [Rare.] 
Fortunately the zeal of the expeditionists averted the 
risk . . . that rather brusque usage would cause some of 
the most important members of the expedition to with- 
draw their aid. R. A. 1'roctor, Light Science, p. 103. 
expeditious (eks-pe-dish'us), a. [< expediti-on 
+ -ous.] 1. Performed with celerity; quick; 
hasty; speedy: as, an expeditious march. 
One who or that which 
expels. 
From Cunegiasus he coineth to the foresaid Maglocunus, 
whome he nameth the Dragon of the Isles, and the expeller 
of manic tyrants. llolinshed, Cliron., England, I. v. 17. 
Unspotted faith, expeller of all vice. 
Faiuhawe, tr. of Guarini s Pastor Fido, p. 74. 
An obsolete spelling of expense. 
expendere, weigh out, pay out, expend. < ex, out, 
+ pendere, weigh, akin to pendere, hang: see 
Same as pend, pendent, poise. Cf. dispend and spend.'} 
1 
To lay out; disburse; spend; payout. 
I held it ever 
Virtue and cunning were endowments greater 
Than nobleness and riches ; careless heirs 
May the two latter darken and expend. 
Shak., Pericles, iii. 2. 
The king of England wasted the French king's country, 
and thereby caused him to expend such sums of money as 
exceeded the debt. Sir J. Hayward. 
It is far easier to acquire a fortune like a knave than 
to expend it like a gentleman. Cotton. 
2. To consume by use; spend in using: as, to 
That method of binding, torturing, or detaining will expend time, labor, or material; the oil of a 
lamp is expended in burning; water is expended 
in mechanical operations ; the ammunition was 
entirely expended. 
For I mine own gain'd knowledge should profane, 
If I would time expend with such a snipe, 
But for my sport and profit. Shak., Othello, i. 3. 
Youth, health, vigor to expend 
On so desirable an end. 
Cowper, The Moralizer Corrected, 1. 33. 
expendable (eks-pen'da-bl), a. [< expend + 
-able.] That can be expended or consumed 
by use : as, articles expendable and not expend- 
able. 
expender (eks-pen'der), 71. One who expends, 
uses, or consumes in using. 
Among organisms which are large expenders of force, 
the size ultimately attained is, other things equal, deter- 
mined by the initial size. //. Spencer, Priu. of Biol., 49. 
prove the most effectual and expeditions which makes use 
of manacles and fetters. Bacon, Physical Failles, vli. , Expl. 
2. Nimble; active; swift; acting with celerity: 
as, an expeditious messenger or runner. 
I entreated them to be expeditious. 
Goldsmith, Vicar, xxiv. 
expeditiously (eks-pe-dish'us-li), adv. In an 
expeditious manner; speedily; with celerity 
or despatch. 
The surgeon boasted that he could not only shave, which 
on the continent is a surgical operation, but that he could 
dress hair neatly and expeditiousli/. 
T. Cogan, OH the Passions, i., note A. 
expeditiousness (eks-pe-dish'us-nes), n. The 
quality of being expeditious; quickness; ex- 
pedition. Bailey, 1727. 
expeditivet (eks-ped'i-tiv), a. [= F. expeditif 
= Sp. expeditino = It. cspeditivo, speditivo; as expenditor (eks-pen'di-tor), n. [= Sp. expen- 
expedite + -ive.~] Performing with speed; ex- dedor, a spendthrift, = It', spenditore, < ML. ex- 
expergefaction 
or expending; the disbursing of money; em- 
ployment and consumption, as of time or labor; 
expenditure. 
Godely of giftes, grettist in expense, 
Ay furse on his fos, and to fight redy. 
Destruction of Tmij (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3766. 
The person who was very zealous in prosecuting the 
same, deserving honourable remembrance for his good 
niiude and expense of life in so vertuous an enterprise. 
Hakluyt's Vuijaycs, III. 145. 
Extraordinary expense must be limited by the worth of 
the occasion. Bacon, Expense. 
Raw in fields the rude militia swarms ; 
Mouths without hands, maintained at vast expense; 
In peace a charge, in war a weak defense. 
Dnjden, Cyln. and Iph., 1. 401. 
Specifically 2. Great or undue expenditure; 
prodigality. 
This sudden solemn feast 
Was not ordain'd to riot in expense. 
Ford, Tta Pity, v. 5. 
I was always a fool, when I told yon what your expences 
would bring you to. Congme, Love for Love, i. 1. 
3. That which is expended, laid out, or con- 
sumed; especially, money expended; cost; 
charge : as, a prudent man limits his expenses 
by his income. 
For \\\$-expencez and for liis aray, 
For hors or men that maye be for your spede, 
He shall not lakke no thyng that hym nede. 
Geiierydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 348. 
We shall not spend a large expense of time. 
Shak., Macbeth, v. 7. 
4. Cost through diminution or deterioration; 
damage or loss from any detracting cause, es- 
pecially a moral one: preceded by at: as, he 
did this at the expense of his character. 
Courting popularity at his party's expense. 
Brougham, Sheridan. 
His skill In the details of business had not heen ac- 
quired at the expense of his general powers. 
Macatilay, Machiavelli. 
Death-bed expenses. See death-bed. = Syn. 3. Charge, 
Cost, etc. See price. 
expenseful (eks-pens'ful), a. [< expense + -ful.\ 
Costly; expensive. [Archaic.] 
See, you rate him, 
To stay him yet from more expeiieefttl courses. 
Chapman, All Fools, ii. 1. 
My mind very heavy for this my expense/til life. 
Pepys, Diary, Nov. 13, 1661. 
No part of structure is more . . . expenseftil . . . than 
windows. Sir II. Wotton, Elem. of Architecture. 
expensefully (eks-pens'ful-i), adv. In an ex- 
penseful or costly manner; with great expense. 
[Archaic.] 
expenseless (eks-pens'les), a. [< expense + 
-less.'] Without cost or expense. [Rare.] 
What health promotes, and gives unenvy'd peace, 
Is all expenseless, and procur d will) ease. 
Sir H. Blackmore. 
expensive (eks-pen'siv). a. [< expense + -ive.~] 
1. Costly; requiring or entailing much ex- 
pense : as, an expensive dress or equipage ; an 
expensive family; expensive tastes or habits. 
The loud and impetuous winds, and the shining fires of 
more laborious and expensive actions, are profitable to 
others only, like a tree or balsam, distilling precious 
liquor for others, not for its own use. 
Jer. Taj/lor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 30. 
peditious. 
I mean not to purchase the praise of expeditive in that 
kind; but as one that have a feeling of my duty, and of the 
ease of others, my endeavour shall be to hear patiently. 
Bacon, Speech on taking his place in Chancery. 
penditor, < L. expendere, expend: see expend."] 
In old Eng. law, a person appointed to disburse 
money. 
!Xpenditrix (cks-pen'di-triks), n. [< ML. *ex- 
penditrix, fern, of expenditor: see expenditor.] 
A woman who disburses money. 
Mrs. Celier was the go-between and expenditrix in af- 
fairs, which lay much in relieving of Catholics, and taking 
them out of prisons. Roger North, Examen, p. 257. 
expeditoryt (eks-ped'i-to-ri), a. [< ML. expe- 
ditorins, < L. expedire, pp. cxpeditus, despatch: 
see expede, expedite.] Making haste; expedi- 
tious. Franklin. 
expel (eks-pel'), v. t.; pret. and pp. expelled, expenditure (eks-pen'di-tur), n. [< ML. ex- 
ppr. expelling. [Formerly also expell; < ME. ex- venditiis, irreg. pp. of L. expendere (cf. expendi- 
pellen, < OF. expeller = Sp. expeler = Pg. expel- - 
lir = It. espellere, < L. expellere, drive or thrust 
out or away, < ex, out, + pellere, drive, thrust: 
see pulse. Cf . compel, dispel, impel, propel, repel. ] 
1. To drive or force out or away; send off or 
away by force or constraint ; compel to leave ; 
dismiss forcibly or compulsorily : as, to expel air 
from a bellows or from the lungs ; to expel an 
invader or a traitor from a country; to expel a 
student from a college, or a member from a club. 
tor), + -me."] 1. The act of expending; a lay- 
ing out, using up, or consuming ; disbursement ; 
outlay, as of money, materials, labor, time, etc. ; 
used absolutely, outlay of money or pecuniary 
means. 
There is not an opinion more general among mankind 
than this, that the unproductive expenditure of the rich 
is necessary to the employment of the poor. J. S. Mill. 
2. That which is expended ; expense. [Rare.] 
And making prize of all that he condemns, 
With our expenditure defrays his own. 
Cowper, Task, ii. 605. 
The Merchant's Daughter (Child s Ballads, IV. 329). ex p ense (eks-pens'), [Until recently also 
Till thai internal! feend with foule uprore cxpencc; < ME. expense, expence, < OF. expense, 
estiensc = Sp. Pg. expensas, pi., = It. spesa,< 
ML. c.c/iensa (so. pecunia), L. expensmn, money 
spent, fern, and neut. of L. expensns, pp. of ex- 
l>r,,<li i-<-, expend: see expend.'] 1. A laying out 
The force of sorrow to expell, 
To view strange countreys hee intends. 
Forewasted all their land and them cxtteld. 
Spenser, F. Q., I. i. 5. 
Off with his robe ! expel him forth this place ! 
Whilst we rejoice and sing at his disgrace. 
Beau, and Fl., Knight of Malta, v. 2. 
2t. Free in expending; liberal; extravagant; 
lavish. 
Hee is now very expensive of his time, for hee will waite 
vpon your Staires a whole Afternoone. 
Bp. Earle, Micro-cosmographie, A Vniuersitie Dunne. 
This requires an active, expensice, indefatigable sood- 
ness. Bp. Sprat. 
expensively (eks-pen'siv-li), adr. In an ex- 
pensive manner ; with great expense. 
I never knew him live so great and expensively as he 
hath done since his return from exile. Swift. 
expensiveness (eks-pen'siv-nes). . The qual- 
ity of being expensive, or of incurring or re- 
quiring great expenditures of money ; cost- 
liness ; extravagance : as, the expensiveness of 
war; expensiveness of one's tastes. 
The courtiers studied to please the king's taste, and 
gave in to an expcnsimiess of equipage and dress that ex- 
ceeded all bounds. Bp. LovM, Wykeham, p. 203. 
expergefactiont (eks-per-je-fak'shon), . [< 
L. e.rpcryefactio(n-), an awakening, < cxperge- 
facerc, pp. expergefactns, awaken, arouse, < ex- 
'pergerc, awaken, arouse (see expert-action), + 
facere, make.] An awakening or arousing. 
Having, after snch a long noctivagation and variety of 
horrid visions, return'd to my perfect experfitfaftion. 
llonvll, Parly of lieasts, p. 45. 
