单词 | expediate |
释义 | † expediateadj. Obsolete. Expeditious. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > leading to speedy execution compendiousc1400 compendiary1609 expeditiousa1616 expediate1672 1672 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner (ed. 3) 62 This way..is more prompt & expediate [earlier expedite]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). expediatev. Error for expedite adj. in an imperfect and unauthorized edition of Sandys' Relation of the State of Religion, reproduced by Cockeram, copied by Todd, 1818; hence in later dictionaries. ΚΠ 1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. K 3 Some great alterations in some kinde of marchandise..which may serve for that present instant to expediate [MS. correction by author and ed. 1629 expedite] their businesse. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Expediate, to dispatch, or make ready. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1672v.1605 |
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