expedite
(verb) process fast and efficiently; “I will try to expedite the matter”
expedite, hasten
(verb) speed up the progress of; facilitate; “This should expedite the process”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
expedite (third-person singular simple present expedites, present participle expediting, simple past and past participle expedited)
(transitive) To accelerate the progress of.
(transitive) To perform (a task) fast and efficiently.
• impede
• slow down
expedite (comparative more expedite, superlative most expedite)
Free of impediment; unimpeded.
Expeditious; quick; prompt.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex"pe*dite, a. Etym: [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. To make the way plain and expedite. Hooker.
2. Expeditious; quick; speedily; prompt. Nimble and expedite . . . in its operation. Tollotson. Speech is a very short and expedite way of conveying their thoughts. Locke.
Ex"pe*dite, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expedited;p. pr. & vb. n. Expediting.]
1. 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.
2. To despatch; to send forth; to issue officially. Such charters be expedited of course. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
