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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Ex-pē'di-āte, v. t.p. 480To hasten; to expedite. [Obs.] “To expediate their business.” Sandys.
  2. Ex-pē'di-ence or Ex-pē'di-en-cy, n.p. 480The state or quality of being expedient; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; desirableness; advantage. It is a very easy matter, in most cases, to determine concerning the…
  3. Ex-pē'di-ent, a.p. 481Hastening or urging forward; hence, tending to further or promote a proposed object; conducive to advantage; fit or proper under the circumstances; desirable; advisable; profitable. It is expedient…
  4. Ex-pē'di-ent, n.p. 481That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end; as, to employ every expedient to effect an important object. 2. Means devised or employed in an exigency; shift. Dryden.…
  5. Ex-pē'di-ēn'tial, a.p. 481Governed by expedience; seeking advantage; as, an expediential policy. “Calculating expediential understanding.” Hare.
  6. Ex-pē'di-ent-ly, adv.p. 481With expedience; suitably; conveniently. 2. With expedition; hastily; quickly. [Obs.] Shak.
  7. Ex-pĕd'i-ment, n.p. 481Expedient. [Obs.] “A like expediment to remove discontent.” Barrow.
  8. Ex-pĕd'i-tāte, v. t.p. 481(Eng. Forest Laws.) To deprive the feet of the claws or balls; as, to expeditate a dog that he may not chase deer.
  9. Ex-pĕd'/i-tā'tion, n.p. 481(Eng. Forest Laws.) The act of cutting out the balls or claws of a dog's fore feet. Blackstone.
  10. Ex'pe-dīte, v. t.p. 481To relieve of impediments; to accelerate the motion or progress of; to hasten; to quicken; as, to expedite the growth of plants. “To expedite your glorious march.” Milton. 2. To dispatch; to send…
  11. Ex'pe-dīte, a.p. 481Free of impediment; unencumbered; expeditious; quick; speedy; prompt; nimble. “To make the way plain and expedite.” Hooker. Speech is a very short and expedite way of conveying their thoughts. Locke.
  12. Ex'pe-dīte-ly, adv.p. 481Readily; hastily; speedily; promptly. Grew.
  13. Ex'pe-dī'tion, n.p. 481The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; speed; quickness; as, to carry the mail with expedition. With winged expedition, swift as lightning. Milton. 2. The condition of being…
  14. Ex'pe-dī'tion-a-ry, a.p. 481Pertaining to an expedition. [Rare.]
  15. Ex'pe-dī'tion-ist, n.p. 481One who goes upon an expedition.
  16. Ex'pe-dī'tiōus, a.p. 481Possessed of, or characterized by, expedition, or efficiency and rapidity in action; performed with, or acting with, expedition; quick; having celerity; as, an expeditious messenger or march.…
  17. Ex'pe-dī'tioŭs-ly, adv.p. 481With celerity or dispatch; speedily; hastily.
  18. Ex'pe-dī'tioŭs-ness, n.p. 481The quality of being expeditious; the quality of being quick or rapid; quickness; expedition.
  19. Ex-pēd'i-tive, a.p. 481Performing with speed. [Obs.] Bacon.
  20. Ex-pēl', v. t.p. 481To drive or force out from that within which any thing is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as, to expel air from a bellows. 2. To drive away from one's country; to banish. Forewasted all…
  21. Ex-pĕl'la-ble, a.p. 481Capable of being expelled or driven out. “Expellable by heat.” Kirwan.
  22. Ex-pĕl'ler, n.p. 481One who, or that which, drives out or away.
  23. Ex-pĕnd’, v. t.p. 481To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to employ; to dissipate; to waste; as, they expend money for food, drink, and…
  24. Ex-pĕnd’, v. i.p. 481To be laid out, used, or consumed.
  25. Ex-pĕnd'i-tor, n.p. 481(O. Eng. Law.) One who disbursed or expended moneys collected by tax, particularly for the repair of sewers. Burrill.
  26. Ex-pĕnd’i-tūre, n.p. 481The act of expending; a laying out, as of money; disbursement. Our expenditure purchased commerce and conquest. Burke. 2. That which is expended; expense. “The receipts and expenditures of this…
  27. Ex-pĕnse, n.p. 481The act of expending, laying out, or consuming by using; disbursement; outlay; consumption. 2. That which is expended, laid out, or consumed; cost; outlay; charge; as, the expenses of war. I shall…
  28. Ex-pĕnse'ful, a.p. 481Full of expense; costly; expensive. [Obs.] Wotton.
  29. Ex-pĕnse'ful-ly, adv.p. 481In a costly manner; with great expense. [Obs.] Weever.
  30. Ex-pĕnse'less, a.p. 481Without cost or expense.
  31. Ex-pĕn'sĭve, a.p. 481Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family. War is expensive, and peace desirable. Burke. 2. Free in expending; very…
  32. Ex-pĕn'sĭve-ly, adv.p. 481With great expense; at great cost or charge. Swift.
  33. Ex-pĕn'sive-ness, n.p. 481The quality of being expensive, or incurring or requiring great expenditures of money; costliness; extravagance; as, the expensiveness of war, or of public works; habits of expensiveness.
  34. Ex-pē'ri-ence, n.p. 481Practical acquaintance with any matter by personal observation or trial of it, or by feeling its effects, by living through it, or the like; experimental knowledge; actual trial. On my experience…
  35. Ex-pē'ri-ence, v. t.p. 481To make practical acquaintance with; to try personally; to prove by use or trial; to have befall one; as, to experience pain, sorrow, or pleasure; to experience a change of views. 2. To exercise; to…
  36. Ex-pĕ'ri-enced, p. a.p. 481Taught by practice or by repeated observations; skillful or wise by means of trials, use, or observation; as, an experienced artist; an experienced physician. “A junction of the ablest and most…
  37. Ex-pē'ri-en-cer, n.p. 481One who makes trials or experiments.
  38. Ex-pĕ'ri-ent, a.p. 481Experienced. [Obs.] “The prince now ripe and full experient.” Beau. & Fl.
  39. Ex-pē'ri-ēn'tial, a.p. 481Derived from, or pertaining to, experience. It is called empirical or experiential, because it is given to us by experience or observation, and not obtained as the result of inference or reasoning.…
  40. Ex-pĕr'i-ment, n.p. 481A trial deliberately instituted; an act or operation undertaken in order to discover something unknown, or in order to test, establish, or illustrate some allied or known truth; practical test…
  41. Ex-pĕr'i-ment, v. i.p. 481To make an experiment; to operate on a body in such a manner as to discover some unknown fact, or to establish or illustrate a known one; to test by trial.
  42. Ex-pĕr'i-ment, v. t.p. 481To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial or experience. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
  43. Ex-pĕr'i-mĕnt'al, a.p. 481Pertaining to experiment; given to, or skilled in, experiment; founded, derived from, or affording experiment or trial; as, experimental knowledge or philosophy; a great experimental philosopher. 2.…
  44. Ex-pĕr'i-mĕnt'al-ist, n.p. 481One who makes experiments; an experimenter; an experimentist. Burgess.
  45. Ex-pĕr'i-mĕnt'al-ize, v. i.p. 481To make experiments. [Rare.]
  46. Ex-pĕr'i-mĕnt'al-ly, adv.p. 481By experiment; by experience or trial.
  47. Ex-pĕr'i-men-tā'ri-an, a.p. 481Relying on experiment or experience. [Obs.] “An experimentarian philosopher.” Boyle.
  48. Ex-pĕr'i-men-tā'tion, n.p. 481The act of experimenting, or making an experiment. J. S. Mill.
  49. Ex-pĕr'i-mĕnt'a-tive, a.p. 481Experimental. [Rare.]
  50. Ex-pēr'i-mēnt'er, n.p. 481One who makes experiments; one skilled in experiments.
  51. Ex-pē'ri-mēnt'ist, n.p. 481One who makes experiments; an experimenter; an experimentalist.
  52. Ēx'per-rē'ction, n.p. 481A waking up or arousing. [Obs.] Holland.
  53. Ex-pērt', a.p. 481Taught by use, practice, or experience; well instructed; having familiar knowledge; having a facility of operation or performance from practice; skillful; as, an expert philosopher; an expert…
  54. Ĕx'pert or Ex-pērt', n.p. 481An expert, skillful, or practiced person; one who has skill, experience, or peculiar knowledge on certain subjects of inquiry in science, art, trade, or the like; a scientific or professional witness.
  55. Ex-pĕrt', v. t.p. 481To experience. [Obs.] Die would we daily, once it to expert. Spencer.
  56. Ex-pĕrt'ly, adv.p. 481In a skillful or dexterous manner; adroitly; with readiness and accuracy.
  57. Ex-pĕrt'ness, n.p. 481Skill derived from practice; readiness; as, expertness in musical performance; expertness in war or in seamanship; expertness in reasoning. Syn.—Facility; readiness; dexterity; adroitness; skill. See…
  58. Ex-pĕt'i-ble, a.p. 481Worthy of being wished for; desirable. [Obs.] Fuller.
  59. Ex'pi-a-ble, a.p. 481Capable of being expiated, atoned for, or done away; as, an expiable offense; expiable guilt. Bp. Hall.
  60. Ex'pi-āte, v. t.p. 481To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make satisfaction or reparation for; to atone for; as, to expiate a crime. To expiate his treason, hath naught left. Milton.…