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expede, v. Sc.|ɛkˈspiːd| Also 7 expeed. pa. pple. 6 expeid, 7 exped, 7–8 expede. [ad. L. expedīre: see expedite v.] †1. refl. To get (oneself) out of a difficulty; to extricate; = expedite 1 b. Obs.
1645Rutherford Tryal & Tri. Faith (1845) 243 They shall never expede themselves. †2. trans. To get out of hand; to accomplish, complete, dispatch. Cf. expedite 2 and 3. Obs.
1513–75Diurn. Occurr. (Bannatyne Club) 281 Lord Sanct⁓johne..obtenit litill or nathing of his errands expeid. 1560–1Bk. Discipl. Ch. Scot. (1621) 10 That the matter may be the better & sooner exped. a1657Sir J. Balfour Ann. Scot. (1824–5) II. 148 The assessor to expeed all bussines the second weeke. 1716Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 145, I shall omit other things of my..studies till I get that expede. 3. To send out, issue officially (a document); = expedite 4. to expede letters (Scots Law): ‘to write out the principal writ, and get it signeted, sealed, or otherwise completed’ (W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 1861).
1600Sc. Acts. Jas. VI (1816) 219 That the said Infeftment be expede in dew forme. a1651Calderwood Hist. Kirk (1843) II. 495 Als sufficient as if the samine were expede by the General Assemblie of the kirk. 1679Burnet Hist. Ref. I. ii, His Bulls were expeded at Rome. 1687A. Lovell tr. Bergerac's Comical Hist. ii. 136 My Pass-ports then were expeded. 1752J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 218 After the Letters are expede, the private Party employs a Macer or Messenger to execute the same. 1827in Law Times Rep. L. 708/2 Executors..with power..to..expede confirmations. 1884Law Times 8 Mar. 345/2 A Scotch notary public will expede a notarial instrument. †4. To hasten (a person); to dispatch with all speed. Obs. rare.
1600in Pitcairn Crim. Trials Scot. II. 286, I man intreit yowr lo[rdship] to expede Bowr. Hence exˈpeding vbl. n.
1595in Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. vi. (1677) 413 The expeding of Signatures. 1678Trans. Crt. Spain ii. 9 The expeeding of Penaltas Commissions. |