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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To speed up the progress of; accelerate.
  2. v. To execute quickly and efficiently: was trusted to expedite the directives of the board.
  3. v. To issue officially; dispatch.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To remove impediments to the movement or progress of; accelerate the motion or progress of; hasten; quicken: as, the general sent orders to expedite the march of the army; artificial heat may expedite the growth of plants.
  2. To despatch; send forth; issue officially.
  3. Synonyms To speed, forward, advance, press on, press forward, urge on, urge forward, drive, push.
  4. Cleared of impediments; unobstructed; unimpeded; unencumbered.
  5. Ready; quick; expeditious.

Wiktionary

  1. v. transitive To accelerate the progress of.
  2. v. transitive To perform (a task) fast and efficiently.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Free of impediment; unimpeded.
  2. adj. Expeditious; quick; speedily; prompt.
  3. v. To relieve of impediments; to facilitate; to accelerate the process or progress of; to hasten; to quicken.
  4. v. To despatch; to send forth; to issue officially.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. process fast and efficiently
  2. v. speed up the progress of; facilitate.

Etymologies

  1. From Latin expedītus ("unimpeded, unfettered"), perfect passive participle of expediō ("bring forward, set right"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Latin expedīre, expedīt-, to free from entanglements, make ready; see ped- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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