Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To expedite.
Wiktionary
- adj. obsolete expeditious
- v. Common misconstruction of expedite.
- v. rare, historical To injure (a dog) by cutting away the pads of the forefeet, thereby preventing it from hunting.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. obsolete To hasten; to expedite.
Etymologies
- From Latin expediō ("set loose"), a compound of ex ("out, free") + pedis ("of the foot"), thus "freeing the feet". (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Speaker of the House John Boehner talking after the House passed a bill to expediate approval of the Keystone XL pipeline project.”
The Guardian: Barack Obama defied by House on payroll tax bill
“I am sure that a government intelligence agency could expediate the process for someone becoming a citizen by talking with immigration.”
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“So yes, it is a tax issue (these things are best not thought of, they can expediate teh hair loss process, and what probably happened to Arnold)”
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“As well we have McCallum in Ottawa today saying that the Libs may withdraw their support for the budget because of the 3 billion dollar fund to expediate projects.”
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“Intellecap started up in 2003, with the aim to create and deliver mainstream, profitable solutions to address the problems of poverty and expediate sustainable development.”
“The Livingston, NJ post office has an official sign alerting customers that they can “expediate” renewal of passports for an increased fee.”
“Perception of this is that Council merely rubber stamped it so they could expediate the 2 day budget process in December.”
“Do nothing else besides expediate building permits.”
“If these observations confirm that the vessel is in the advance semicircle of the storm state, making reference to the vessel schedule, the action that the Master should take to expediate the voyage.”
“Errecting a latticework of weather control systems to expediate the process and make the planet more hospitable.”
Lists
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Against Nature
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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thesaraheffect common mispronunciation of "expedite"
verb, infinitive
To injure (a dog) by cutting away the pads of the forefeet, thereby preventing it from hunting. Sep 16, 2009