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English Dictionary: expedite by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
expedite
v
  1. speed up the progress of; facilitate; "This should expedite the process"
    Synonym(s): expedite, hasten
  2. process fast and efficiently; "I will try to expedite the matter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Expedite \Ex"pe*dite\, a. [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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Expedite \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.
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