Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter E - Page 67
Exoteries (n. pl. ) of Exotery.
Exotery (n.) That which is obvious, public, or common.
Dealing out exoteries only to the vulgar. -- A. Tucker.
Exotheca (n.) (Zool.) The tissue which fills the interspaces between the costae of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa.
Exothecium (n.) (Bot.) The outer coat of the anther.
Exotic (a.) 來自異國的; 異國情調的; 異國風味的; 奇異的；異常迷人的；色情的 Introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign; as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word.
Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador. -- Evelyn.
Exotic (n.) 外國人；外來動物; 外來植物 Anything of foreign origin; something not of native growth, as a plant, a word, a custom.
Plants that are unknown to Italy, and such as the gardeners call exotics. -- Addison.
Exotic (a.) Being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine" [syn: {alien}, {exotic}].
Exotic (a.) Strikingly strange or unusual; "an exotic hair style"; "protons, neutrons, electrons and all their exotic variants"; "the exotic landscape of a dead planet".
Exotica (n.) (pl.) （來自異國的）奇異事物，新奇事物 Unusual objects, often ones that have come from a far country.
// Collectors of 18th-century exotica are our main customers.
Exotical (a.) Foreign; not native; exotic. [R.] -- {Ex*ot"ic*al*ness}, n.
Exoticism (n.) 異國風味；洋派 The state of being exotic; also, anything foreign, as a word or idiom; an exotic.
Exoticism (n.) The quality of being exotic; "he loved the exoticism of Egypt" [syn: {exoticism}, {exoticness}, {exotism}].
Expand (v. i.) 展開，張開；擴張；發展；增長；膨脹 To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy. -- Dryden.
Expanded (imp. & p. p.) of Expand.
Expanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expand.
Expand (v. t.) 展開，張開（帆，翅等）；使膨脹；使擴張；擴大；擴充；發展 To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.
Then with expanded wings he steers his flight. -- Milton.
Expand (v. t.) To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence.
Expand (v. t.) (Math.) To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion, 5.
Expand (v.) Extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands" [syn: expand, spread out] [ant: contract, shrink].
Expand (v.) Become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly".
Expand (v.) Make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing".
Expand (v.) Grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming" [syn: boom, thrive, flourish, expand].
Expand (v.) Exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated" [syn: inflate, blow up, expand, amplify].
Expand (v.) Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" [syn: elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate] [ant: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten].
Expand (v.) Expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent" [syn: extend, expand].
Expanded (a.) 展開的；擴充的 Increased in extent or size or bulk or scope. Opposite of contracted. [Narrower terms: blown-up, enlarged; dilated; distended, swollen; inflated]
Expanded (a.) (Printnig) Wider than usual for a particular height; -- of printers' type. Contrasted with condensed.
Syn: extended.
Expander (n.) 擴展器；擴張器；膨脹器 [C] Anything which causes expansion esp. (Mech.) A tool for stretching open or expanding a tube, etc.
Expanding (a.) 擴展中的；擴大中的；Expand的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 That expands, or may be expanded; extending; spreading; enlarging.
Expanding bit, Expanding drill (Mech.), A bit or drill made adjustable for holes of various sizes; one which can be expanded in diameter while boring.
Expanding pulley (Mach.), A pulley so made, as in sections, that its diameter can be increased or diminished.
Expanse (n.) 廣袤；廣闊的區域 [C] [（+of）] That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky. "The green expanse." -- Savage.
Lights . . . high in the expanse of heaven. -- Milton.
The smooth expanse of crystal lakes. -- Pope.
Expanse (v. t.) To expand. [Obs.]
That lies expansed unto the eyes of all. -- Sir. T. Browne.
Expanse (n.) [C] （陸地、水面或天空的）廣闊區域 A large, open area of land, water, or sky.
// The Great Plains are a broad expanse of grassland.
// Vast expanses of sand and pine.
Expansibility (n.) 可擴張性 The capacity of being expanded; as, the expansibility of air.
Expansible (a.) 可膨脹的；可擴張的；可展開的 Capable of being expanded or spread out widely.
Bodies are not expansible in proportion to their weight. -- Grew.
Ex*pan"si*ble*ness, n. +- {Ex*pan"si*bly"> -- Ex*pan"si*ble*ness, n. -{Ex*pan"si*bly, adv.
Expansile (a.) Expansible.
Ether and alcohol are more expansile than water. -- Brande & C.
Expansion (n.) 擴展；擴張；膨脹 [U]；擴大物 [C] The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.
Expansion (n.) That which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as, the expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was formed of metal.
The starred expansion of the skies. -- Beattie.
Expansion (n.) Space through which anything is expanded; also, pure space.
Lost in expansion, void and infinite. -- Blackmore.
Expansion (n.) (Economics & Commmerce) an increase in the production of goods and services over time, and in the volume of business transactions, generally associated with an increase in employment and an increase in the money supply. Opposite of contraction.
Syn: economic expansion.
Expansion (n.) (Math.) The developed result of an indicated operation; as, the expansion of (a + b)^{2 is a^{2} + 2ab + b^{2}.
Expansion (n.) (Steam Engine) The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving piston.
Expansion (n.) (Nav. Arch.) The enlargement of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction. -- Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Note: Expansion is also used adjectively, as in expansion joint, expansion gear, etc.
Expansion (n.) an enlarged or extended version of something, such as a writing or discourse; as, the journal article is an expansion of the lecture she gave.
Expansion (n.) An expansion joint. See below. [Colloq. or jargon]
Expansion curve, A curve the co["o]rdinates of which show the relation between the pressure and volume of expanding gas or vapor; esp. (Steam engine), that part of an indicator diagram which shows the declining pressure of the steam as it expands in the cylinder.
Expansion gear (Steam Engine). A cut-off gear. See Illust. of Link motion.
Automatic expansion gear or Automatic cut-off, One that is regulated by the governor, and varies the supply of steam to the engine with the demand for power.
Fixed expansion gear, or Fixed cut-off, One that always operates at the same fixed point of the stroke.
Expansion joint, or Expansion coupling (Mech. & Engin.), A yielding joint or coupling for so uniting parts of a machine or structure that expansion, as by heat, is prevented from causing injurious strains; as:
Expansion joint, or Expansion coupling (Mech. & Engin.) (a) A slide or set of rollers, at the end of bridge truss, to support it but allow end play.
Expansion joint, or Expansion coupling (Mech. & Engin.) (b) A telescopic joint in a steam pipe, to permit one part of the pipe to slide within the other.
Expansion joint, or Expansion coupling (Mech. & Engin.) (c) A clamp for holding a locomotive frame to the boiler while allowing lengthwise motion.
Expansion joint, or Expansion coupling (Mech. & Engin.) (d) A strip of compressible material placed at intervals between blocks of poured concrete, as in roads or sidewalks.
Expansion valve (Steam Engine), A cut-off valve, to shut off steam from the cylinder before the end of each stroke.
Expansion (n.) The act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope [syn: expansion, enlargement] [ant: contraction].
Expansion (n.) A function expressed as a sum or product of terms; "the expansion of (a+b)^2 is a^2 + 2ab + b^2".
Expansion (n.) A discussion that provides additional information [syn: expansion, enlargement, elaboration].
Expansion (n.) Adding information or detail [syn: expansion, expanding upon].
Compare: Euphoric
Euphoric (a.) 心情愉快的；心滿意足的 Strongly experiencing a feeling of well-being; feeling euphoria. Opposite of dysphoric. [Narrower terms: expansive]
Syn: elated, happy.
Euphoric (a.) Exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation [ant: distressed, dysphoric, unhappy].
Expansive (a.) 擴張的；膨脹的；廣闊的；遼闊的；廣泛的；坦率的；豪爽的；健談的 Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air.
Expansure (n.) 廣袤；廣闊的區域 [C] [（+of）] Expanse. [Obs.] "Night's rich expansure."
Ex parte (n. ph.) 【拉】【律】單方面的；片面的 Upon or from one side only; one-sided; partial; as, an ex parte statement.
Ex parte application, One made without notice or opportunity to oppose.
Ex parte council, One that assembles at the request of only one of the parties in dispute.
Ex parte hearing or Ex parte evidence (Law), That which is had or taken by one side or party in the absence of the other. Hearings before grand juries, and affidavits, are ex parte. -- Wharton's Law Dict. -- Burrill.
Ex parte. () Of the one part. Many things may be done ex parte, when the opposite party has had notice; an affidavit or deposition is said to be taken ex parte when only one of the parties attends to taking the same. Ex parte paterna, on the side of the father, or property descended to a person from his father; ex parte materna, on the part of the mother.
Expatiated (imp. & p. p.) of Expatiate.
Expariating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expatiate.
Expatiate (v. i.) To range at large, or without restraint.
Bids his free soul expatiate in the skies. -- Pope.
Expatiate (v. i.) To enlarge in discourse or writing; to be copious in argument or discussion; to descant.
He expatiated on the inconveniences of trade. -- Addison.
Expatiate (v. t.) To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.
Afford art an ample field in which to expatiate itself. -- Dryden.
Expatiate (v.) Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" [syn: elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate] [ant: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten].
Expatiate (v.) (v. i.) 細說；詳述 [（+on/ upon）] To speak or write about something in a way that includes a lot of details or uses many words.
Expatiate (v. i.) 漫遊 To move about freely or at will : wander.
Expatiate (v. i.) To speak or write at length or in detail <expatiating upon the value of the fabric Thomas Hardy>.
Expatiation (n.) Act of expatiating.
Expatiatory (a.) Expansive; diffusive.
Expatriated (imp. & p. p.) of Expatriate.
Expatriating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expatriate.
Expatriate (v. t.) 流放；使移居國外；使放棄國籍 To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
The expatriated landed interest of France. -- Burke.
Expatriate (v. t.) Reflexively, as To expatriate one's self: To withdraw from one's native country; to renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born, and become a citizen of another country.
Expatriate (n.) A person who is voluntarily absent from home or country; "American expatriates" [syn: exile, expatriate, expat].
Expatriate (v.) Expel from a country; "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions" [syn: expatriate, deport, exile] [ant: repatriate].
Expatriate (v.) (v. i.) 移居國外；放棄原國籍Move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad.
Expatriation (n.) 流放（國外）；移居國外；放棄國籍 The act of banishing, or the state of banishment; especially, the forsaking of one's own country with a renunciation of allegiance.
Expatriation was a heavy ransom to pay for the rights of their minds and souls. -- Palfrey.
Expatriation (n.) The act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life" [syn: exile, deportation, expatriation, transportation].
Expatriation (n.) Migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) [syn: emigration, out-migration, expatriation].
Expected (imp. & p. p.) of Expect.
Expecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expect.
Expect (v. t.) 預計……可能發生（或來到）；預料；預期 [+（that）] [+to-v] [O2]；期待；等待；盼望；認為理應得到；指望；要求 [（+from）] [O2] Let's in, and there expect their coming. -- Shak.
Expect (v. t.) To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that); as, I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated. "Good: I will expect you." -- Shak. "Expecting thy reply." -- Shak.
The Somersetshire or yellow regiment . . . was expected to arrive on the following day. -- Macaulay.
Syn: To anticipate; look for; await; hope.
Usage: To Expect, Think, Believe, Await. Expect is a mental act and has aways a reference to the future, to some coming event; as a person expects to die, or he expects to survive. Think and believe have reference to the past and present, as well as to the future; as I think the mail has arrived; I believe he came home yesterday, that he is he is at home now. There is a not uncommon use of expect, which is a confusion of the two; as, I expect the mail has arrived; I expect he is at home. This misuse should be avoided. Await is a physical or moral act. We await that which, when it comes, will affect us personally. We expect what may, or may not, interest us personally. See Anticipate.
Expect (v. t.) To wait; to stay. [Obs.] -- Sandys.
Expect (n.) Expectation. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Expect (v.) (v. i.) 期待；預期；（用進行式）懷孕，懷胎；Regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow" [syn: expect, anticipate].
Expect (v.) Consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons" [syn: ask, require, expect].
Expect (v.) Look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" [syn: expect, look, await, wait].
Expect (v.) Consider reasonable or due; "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed".
Expect (v.) Look forward to the birth of a child; "She is expecting in March".
Expect (v.) Be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child" [syn: have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect].
Expect () A Unix tool written in Tcl and a script language for automating the operation of interactive applications such as telnet, FTP, passwd, fsck, rlogin, tip, etc.. Expect can feed input to other programs and perform pattern matching on their output. It is also useful for testing these applications. By adding Tk, you can also wrap interactive applications in X11 GUIs. ["expect: Scripts for Controlling Interactive Tasks", Don Libes, Comp Sys 4(2), U Cal Press Journals, Nov 1991]. (1997-06-09)
Expectable (a.) 可預期的 That may be expected or looked for. -- Sir T. Browne. Expectance
Expectable (a.) To be expected; "differences of opinion are quite expectable given the present information".
Expectance (n.) 期望；預期；期望之事物 Alt. of Expectancy.
Expectancy (n.) 期望；預期；期望之事物 The act of expecting ; expectation. -- Milton.
Expectancy (n.) That which is expected, or looked or waited for with interest; the object of expectation or hope.
The expectancy and rose of the fair state. -- Shak.
Estate in expectancy (Law), One the possession of which a person is entitled to have at some future time, either as a remainder or reversion, or on the death of some one. -- Burrill.
Expectancy (n.) An expectation [syn: anticipation, expectancy].
Expectancy (n.) Something expected (as on the basis of a norm); "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development" [syn: anticipation, expectancy].
Expectancy () Estates. Having a relation to or dependence upon something future.
Expectancy () Estates are of two sorts, either in possession, sometimes called estates executed; or in expectancy, which are executory. Expectancies are, first, created by the parties, called a remainder; or by act of law, called a reversion.
Expectancy () A bargain in relation to an expectancy is, in general, considered invalid. 2 Ves. 157; Sel. Cas. in Ch. 8; 1 Bro. C. C. 10; Jer. Eq. Jur. 397.
Life expentancy (n.) [C usually singular or U] （尤指人的）預期壽命 The length of time that a living thing, especially a human being, is likely to live.
// Life expentancy in Europe increased greatly in the 20th century.
Expectant (a.) 期待著的；盼望著的；懷孕的 Waiting in expectation; looking for; (Med.) waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment.
Expectant estate (Law), An estate in expectancy. See under Expectancy.
Expectant (n.) 期待者；候選人 [C] One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good.
An expectant of future glory. -- South.
Those who had employments, or were expectants. -- Swift.
Expectant (a.) Marked by eager anticipation; "an expectant hush" [syn: anticipant, anticipative, expectant].
Expectant (a.) In an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" [syn: big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)].
Expectant () Having relation to, or depending upon something; this word is frequently used in connexion with fee, as fee expectant.
Expectation (n.) 期待；預期 [U] [C]；期望，預期的事物 [P1] The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen. "In expectation of a guest." -- Tennyson.
My soul, wait thou only upon God, for my expectation is from him. -- Ps. lxii. 5.
Expectation (n.) That which is expected. or looked for.
Why our great expectation should be called The seed of woman. -- Milton.
Expectation (n.) The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to happen; prospect of anything good to come, esp. of property or rank.
His magnificent expectations made him, in the opinion of the world, the best match in Europe. -- Prescott.
By all men's eyes a youth of expectation. -- Otway.
Expectation (n.) The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event. Expectations are computed for or against the occurrence of the event.
Expectation (n.) (Med.) The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.
Expectation of life, The mean or average duration of the life individuals after any specified age.
Syn: Anticipation; confidence; trust.
Expectation (n.) Belief about (or mental picture of) the future [syn: expectation, outlook, prospect].
Expectation (n.) Anticipating with confidence of fulfillment [syn: anticipation, expectation].
Expectation (n.) The feeling that something is about to happen.
Expectation (n.) The sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values [syn: arithmetic mean, first moment, expectation, expected value].
Expectation. () That which may be expected, although contingent. In the doctrine of life annuities, that share or number of the years of human life which a person of a given age may expect to live, upon an equality of chances.
Expectation. () In general, the heir apparent will be relieved from a contract made in relation to his expectancy. See Post Obit.
Expectative (a.) 期望的 Constituting an object of expectation; contingent.
Expectative grace, A mandate given by the pope or a prince appointing a successor to any benefice before it becomes vacant. -- Foxe.
Expectative (n.) Something in expectation; esp., an expectative grace. -- Milman.
Expectedly (adv.) In conformity with expectation. [R.] -- Walpole.
Expectedly (adv.) 意料之中地；預期地 Used for saying that someone expects or expected something.
// The fat was expectedly very rich and it was better once you allowed it to warm up.
// Expectedly, reaction to the court's recent decision is mixed among the region's parents.
Expecter (n.) One who expects.
Expectingly (adv.) In a state of expectation.
Expective (a.) Expectative. [R.] -- Shipley.
Expectorant (a.) (Med.) Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat.
Expectorant (n.) An expectorant medicine.
Expectorated (imp. & p. p.) of Expectorate.
Expectorating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expectorate.
Expectorate (v. t.) 咳出（痰等）；吐（唾液等）；咯（血） To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth.
Expectorate (v. i.) 咳出痰等；吐唾液；咯血 To discharge matter from the lungs or throat by hawking and spitting; to spit.
Expectorate (v.) Clear out the chest and lungs; "This drug expectorates quickly" [syn: expectorate, clear out, drive out].
Expectorate (v.) Discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth [syn: expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out].
Expectoration (n.) 吐出；咳出；咳痰；吐痰；咯血；吐出的痰（等） The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting.
Expectoration (n.) That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.
Expectoration (n.) The process of coughing up and spitting out
Expectoration (n.) The act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) [syn: spit, spitting, expectoration].
Expectorative (a. & n.) Same as Expectorant. -- Harvey.
Expede (v. t.) To expedite; to hasten. [Obs.]
Expediate (v. t.) To hasten; to expedite. [Obs.] "To expediate their business." -- Sir E. Sandys. Expedience
Expedience (n.) Alt. of Expediency
Expediency (n.) 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 moral rectitude. Or principle.
Divine wisdom discovers no expediency in vice. -- Cogan.
To determine concerning the expedience of action. -- Sharp.
Much declamation may be heard in the present day against expediency, as if it were not the proper object of a deliberative assembly, and as if it were only pursued by the unprincipled. -- Whately.
Expediency (n.) Expedition; haste; dispatch. [Obs.]
Making hither with all due expedience. -- Shak.
Expediency (n.) An expedition; enterprise; adventure. [Obs.]
Forwarding this dear expedience. -- Shak.
Expediency (n.) The quality of being suited to the end in view [syn: expedience, expediency] [ant: inexpedience, inexpediency].
Expedient (a.) 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. or principled.
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.
Expedient (a.) Quick; expeditious. [Obs.]
His marches are expedient to this town. -- Shak.
Expedient (n.) 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.
Expedient (n.) Means devised in an exigency; shift.
Syn: Shift; contrivance; resource; substitute.
Expedient (a.) Serving to promote your interest; "was merciful only when mercy was expedient" [ant: inexpedient].
Expedient (a.) Appropriate to a purpose; practical; "in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty".
Expedient (n.) A means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one.
Expediential () Governed by expediency; seeking advantage; as an expediential policy. "Calculating, expediential understanding." -- Hare. -- Ex*pe`di*en"tial*ly, adv. -- Fitzed. Hall
Expediently (adv.) 方便地；權宜地 In an expedient manner; fitly; suitably; conveniently.
Expediently (adv.) With expedition; quickly. [Obs.]
Expediently (adv.) In an expedient manner [syn: expediently, inadvisably] [ant: inexpediently].
Expediment (n.) An expedient. [Obs.]
A like expediment to remove discontent. -- Barrow.
Expeditate (v. t.) (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. See also declaw.
Expedite (a.) 未受阻的；暢通無阻的 Free of impediment; unimpeded.
To make the way plain and expedite. -- Hooker.
Expedite (a.) 迅速完成的；迅速的 Expeditious; quick; speedily; prompt.
Nimble and expedite . . . in its operation. -- Tollotson.
Speech is a very short and expedite way of conveying their thoughts. -- Locke.
Expedited (imp. & p. p.) of Expedite.
Expediting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expedite.
Expedite (v. t.) 迅速執行；促進；發送 To relieve of impediments; to facilitate; to accelerate the process or progress of; to hasten; to quicken; as, to expedite the growth of plants.
To expedite your glorious march. -- Milton.
Expedite (v. t.) To despatch; to send forth; to issue officially.
Such charters be expedited of course. -- Bacon.
Expedite (v.) Speed up the progress of; facilitate; "This should expedite the process" [syn: expedite, hasten].
Expedite (v.) Process fast and efficiently; "I will try to expedite the matter".
Expeditely (adv.) In expedite manner; expeditiously.
Expediteness (n.) Quality of being expedite.
Expedition (n.) 遠征；探險；考察 [C]；遠征隊；探險隊；考察隊 [C]；迅速，敏捷 [U] The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition.
With winged expedition.
Swift as the lightning glance.