Part 4057

<hw>Ex*pec"to*rate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To discharge matter from the lungs or throat bu hawking and spitting; to spit.</def>

<h1>Expectoration</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*pec`to*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>expectoration</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.</def>

<h1>Expectorative</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*pec"to*ra*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Expectorant</er>.</def>

<i>Harvey.</i>

<h1>Expede</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*pede"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To expedite; to hasten.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Expediate</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*pe"di*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>exp\'82dier</ets>. See <er>Expedite</er>.]</ety> <def>To hasten; to expedite.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "To <i>expediate</i> their business."

<i>Sir E. Sandys.</i>

<h1>Expedience, Expediency</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw><hw>Ex*pe"di*ence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ex*pe"di*en*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-interest; desirableness; advantage; advisability; -- sometimes contradistinguished from <i>moral rectitude</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Divine wisdom discovers no <b>expediency</b> in vice. <i>Cogan.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To determine concerning the <b>expedience</b> of action. <i>Sharp.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Much declamation may be heard in the present day against <b>expediency</b>, as if it were not the proper object of a deliberative assembly, and as if it were only pursued by the unprincipled. <i>Whately.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Expedition; haste; dispatch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Making hither with all due <b>expedience</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An expedition; enterprise; adventure.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Forwarding this dear <b>expedience</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Expedient</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*pe"di*ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>expediens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>expedire</ets> to be expedient, release, extricate: cf. F. <ets>exp\'82dient</ets>. See <er>Expedite</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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 <i>right</i>.</def>

<blockquote>It is <b>expedient</b> for you that I go away. <i>John xvi. 7.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Nothing but the right can ever be <b>expedient</b>, since that can never be true expediency which would sacrifice a greater good to a less. <i>Whately.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Quick; expeditious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>His marches are <b>expedient</b> to this town. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Expedient</h1> <Xpage=523>