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Whately.

2. Expedition; haste; dispatch. [Obs.]

Making hither with all due expedience.

Shak.

3. An expedition; enterprise; adventure. [Obs.]

Forwarding this dear expedience.

Shak.

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 further or promote a proposed object; fit or proper under the circumstances; conducive to self-interest; desirable; advisable; advantageous; -- sometimes contradistinguished from right.

It is expedient for you that I go away.

John xvi. 7.

Nothing but the right can ever be expedient, since that can never be true expediency which would sacrifice a greater good to a less.

Whately.

2. Quick; expeditious. [Obs.]

His marches are expedient to this town.

Shak.

Ex*pe"di*ent, n. 1. That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end.

What sure expedient than shall Juno find, To calm her fears and ease her boding mind?

Philips.

2. Means devised in an exigency; shift.

Syn. -- Shift; contrivance; resource; substitute.

Ex*pe`di*en"tial (?). Governed by expediency; seeking advantage; as an expediential policy. "Calculating, expediential understanding." Hare. -- Ex*pe`di*en"tial*ly , adv. &?;.

Ex*pe"di*ent*ly (?) adv. 1. In an expedient manner; fitly; suitably; conveniently.

2. With expedition; quickly. [Obs.]

Ex*ped"i*ment (?) n. An expedient. [Obs.]

A like expediment to remove discontent.

Barrow.

Ex*ped"i*tate (?), v. t. [LL. expeditatus, p. p. of expeditare to expeditate; ex out + pes, pedis, foot.] (Eng. Forest Laws) To deprive of the claws or the balls of the fore feet; as, to expeditate a dog that he may not chase deer.

Ex"pe*dite (?), a. [L. expeditus, p. p. of expedire to free one caught by the foot, to extricate, set free, bring forward, make ready; ex out + pes, prdis, t. See Foot.] 1. Free of impediment; unimpeded.