expedite

[ek-spi-dahyt]

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verb (used with object), ex·pe·dit·ed, ex·pe·dit·ing.

to speed up the progress of; hasten: to expedite shipments.
to accomplish promptly, as a piece of business; dispatch: to expedite one's duties.
to issue or dispatch, as an official document or letter.

adjective

Obsolete. ready for action; alert.

Origin of expedite

1425–75; late Middle English < Latin expedītus (past participle of expedīre to disengage, set the feet free), equivalent to ex- ex-¹ + ped- (stem of pēs) foot + -ītus -ite²

Related formsun·ex·pe·dit·ed, adjective

Synonyms for expedite

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1. quicken, push, accelerate, hurry.

Antonyms for expedite

1. delay.

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Related Words for expedited

urge, hasten, facilitate, assist, accelerate, promote, speed, quicken, advance, rush, dispatch, forward, press, precipitate, railroad, hurry, hand-carry, hand-walk

Examples from the Web for expedited

Contemporary Examples of expedited

The notion that somehow we could have expedited this and Iraq would have trained pilots to fly them by now is not credible.
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Josh Rogin
July 1, 2014
And to pass it by midnight October 17, senators would have to do so on an expedited calendar.
Senate Debt Ceiling Deal Won’t Mean This Chaos Is Over. Far From It.
Michael Tomasky
October 16, 2013
That's when Windsor petitioned the Supreme Court to hear her case on an expedited basis.
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Steven Thrasher
March 27, 2013
And in such cases, he says, theater owners have sometimes quietly agreed to an expedited schedule.
Has Disney Gone Mad?
Kim Masters
February 24, 2010
Far easier just to waive them temporarily, replaced by expedited processes that allow things to happen.
Overregulated America
Philip K. Howard
February 17, 2009

Historical Examples of expedited

If Monsieur had the idea to cause to be expedited a little billet?
The Incomplete Amorist
E. Nesbit
Their work was expedited for them by reason that already they knew where you carried your valuables.
Sundry Accounts
Irvin S. Cobb
At all events, she expedited in every possible manner the wooing and winning of Althea.
Hubert's Wife
Minnie Mary Lee
Instead of cheering, however, it alarmed him, and expedited his movements.
The Pirate City
R.M. Ballantyne
The entre was expedited by Beethoven, the joint disappeared to a triumphal march.
The Burglars' Club
Henry A. Hering

British Dictionary definitions for expedited

expedite

verb (tr)

to hasten the progress of; hasten or assist
to do or process (something, such as business matters) with speed and efficiency
rare to dispatch (documents, messages, etc)

adjective obsolete

unimpeded or prompt; expeditious
alert or prepared

Word Origin for expedite

C17: from Latin expedīre, literally: to free the feet (as from a snare), hence, liberate, from ex- 1 + pēs foot

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Word Origin and History for expedited

expedite

late 15c. (implied in past participle expedit), from Latin expeditus, past participle of expedire "extricate, disengage, liberate; procure, make ready, make fit, prepare," literally "free the feet from fetters," hence "liberate from difficulties," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + *pedis "fetter, chain for the feet," related to pes (genitive pedis) "foot" (see foot). Cf. Greek pede "fetter." Related: Expedited; expediting.