expeditionn.

Brit.

/ˌɛkspᵻˈdɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌɛkspəˈdɪʃən/

Forms: Middle English expediccione, expedision, Middle English–1500s expedicion, expedicyon, expedycion, expedycyon, expeditioun, 1500s– expedition.

Etymology: < Latin expedītiōn-em, noun of action < expedīre : see expedite v. Compare French expédition.

†1.

a. The action of expediting, helping forward or accomplishing; speedy performance or prompt execution (of justice, a journey); prompt supply (of anything), dispatch. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > carrying out > [noun]

workingOE

executionc1374

performinga1425

expedition1445

executing1480

administration1483

performancec1487

performation1504

handiworka1513

performent1527

dispatchment1529

depeaching1540

exploit1548

depeach?a1562

dispatchinga1564

dispatch1581

acting1598

outbearing1605

peraction1623

expediting1643

implement1754

solutiona1859

out-carrying1869

actuation1875

the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [noun]

furtheringc1000

advancementc1325

nourishingc1325

speedingc1400

promotion1425

vauncingc1426

furtherancec1440

expedition1445

preferment1454

further1526

profection1533

towardliness1553

maturation1584

comforting1605

forwarding1635

advance1642

promotement1661

forwardness1741

fosterage1816

1445 W. Clebe Petit. Henry VI in J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. (1859) III. 79 For puryance & hasty expedition of the necessities aforsaide.

1464 King Edward IV in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 300 The Kyng shall..shewe his good grace and favour in the expedision therof.

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 16 If hit plese you ye shal gyue me audience & goode expedicion.

1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xxxiv. 127 They retourned wyth-out expedicyon of that wherfore they were goon thyder.

1528 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. xiv. 108 Any..thing that might conduce to the furtherance and expedition of the cause.

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. iii. viii. f. 31/1 Y^e ambassatouris..returnit but ony expedition of thair message.

1543–4 Act 35 Hen. VIII c. 6 §2 For reformation whereof, and for the more expedition of iustice hereafter.

1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. 65 b Alexander..prepared for reuengfull warre..and for expedition thereof he desired of Demetryus, etc.

1649 G. Langbaine Answer Vniv. Oxford 26 There is as quick expedition in our Court as in any other Courts.

†b. The condition of being expedited or set in motion; only in in expedition. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > a proceeding > in progress [phrase]

in handc1405

in expeditiona1616

on (also upon) the anvil1645

on the wheel1677

in progress1849

in the works1870

in process1906

in the pipeline1945

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) ii. ii. 188 Let vs deliuer Our Puissance into the hand of God, Putting it straight in expedition .

1667 A. Marvell Let. 14 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 60 A Bill against Pluralityes is committed Seuerall other things in expedition.

a. A sending or setting forth with martial intentions; a warlike enterprise.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > expedition

ferdingc1000

voyage1297

journeyc1380

hosting1422

armyc1425

hosteyingc1425

expedition1430

voyage royal1528

expedit1613

herefare1626

1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. viii. (heading) In this expedicion towardes Colchos.

1598 R. Hakluyt tr. Vincent of Beauvais in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 59 Not-withstanding, he conquered not in that expedition.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. iv. §11 Strabo confesseth as much [ignorance] of the Western parts of Europe till the Roman expeditions thither.

1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 285 This was the best and most successful Expedition I was in during this War.

1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. lviii. 311 Ptolemy, having suppressed an insurrection in Cyrene, made an expedition in person to Cyprus.

b. A journey, voyage, or excursion made for some definite purpose.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > expedition

fareOE

outfarea1400

outinga1425

expeditiona1616

outmarch1847

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) i. iii. 77 You shall be imployd, To hasten on his Expedition .

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 193 Mean while the Son On his great Expedition now appeer'd.

1679 R. South Serm. Several Occasions 3 A hard Expedition..to go amongst wolves.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge viii. 277 It was not a very choice spot for midnight expeditions.

1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. App. 536 This was not the last begging expedition of Gervinus to our shore.

3. concrete. A body of persons, also a fleet, etc., sent out for a warlike or other definite purpose.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > [noun]

trumec893

wic897

ferredc1200

knight-weredc1275

preyc1300

legion?1316

companyc1325

punyec1330

virtuec1350

fellowshipc1380

knightheada1382

knighthooda1382

strengtha1382

sop?a1400

strengh?a1400

tropelc1425

armyc1450

framec1450

preparing1497

armourya1500

cohortc1500

cohortationc1500

cateran?a1513

venlin1541

troop1545

guidon1560

crew1570

preparation1573

esquadron1579

bodya1616

armada1654

expedition1693

armament1698

host1807

war-party1921

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for expedition

forec900

expedition1693

commando1834

1693 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 192 A draught is made out of the several regiments..to goe on board the expedition.

1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville I. 11 Mr...Seton..had accompanied one of the expeditions sent out by Mr. Astor.

1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 37 M. Girard, of the French expedition to Egypt.

1880 W. Cory Guide Mod. Eng. Hist. I. 194 (note) An expedition may consist of a single ship.

†4.

a. The action of issuing or sending out official documents. Hence concrete the documents sent out. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal document > [noun] > issuing or sending out

expeditiona1513

society > law > legal document > [noun]

writlOE

charterc1270

writingc1384

paper1389

monument1405

instrument1426

cartec1449

chart1616

diploma1645

diplome1669

expedition1685

law-writings1701

chirograph1844

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxii. sig. h.ii^v Whan they had optayned, perfyte expedycyon Of all theyr bulles.

1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 20 §3 No person..shall pay any sommes of money..for expedicion of any..bulles, breues, or palles.

1685 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Άνεκδοτα Ὲτερουιακα 431 Leo did often..examine the expeditions..presented him to sign.

1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. v. 81 The Seals..of the Expeditions which he [the Nuncio] had made during his Legation.

b. gen. after French expédition. The sending forth, dispatch (of articles of any kind).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > [noun] > causing to be conveyed or sending

remission1616

remitting1671

expedition1796

remittance1840

sending1882

1796 M. Perregaux in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1862) III. 350 The expedition of the ‘Moniteurs’ to the 8th of May.

a. The quality of being ‘expedite’; quick movement; promptness, haste, speed. Also in with expedition; to †make, use, expedition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > expedition or dispatch

speedOE

diligence1490

expedition1529

dispatch1570

expedience1597

urgence1612

navity1623

expediteness1635

1529 T. Wolsey in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. 10 That expedicion be usyd in my persuts.

1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. K To Babylon, Whether we next make expedition.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) i. iii. 37 Euen with the speediest expedition, I will dispatch him to the Emperors Court.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1283 With winged expedition Swift as the lightning glance.

1701 W. Penn in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1870) IX. 54 With all possible vigilance and expedition.

1747 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1851) V. 77 He was told to use all the Expedition Possible.

1815 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 265 How can expedition be expected from a body which we have saddled with an hundred lawyers.

b. Readiness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > state of being prepared or ready

graithc1330

readinessc1350

in promptc1425

areadinessa1500

alreadiness1534

apointc1540

furniture1560

expedition1579

prestness1582

preparedness1590

trim1628

addressedness1633

concert pitch1742

engrenage1918

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin i. 5 In Alexander..was a sutteltie, sharpenes, and expedicion of witte most singular.

6. Rhetoric. (See quots.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > dismissal of all points except one

expedition1656

1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. P2^v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Expeditio or Enumeratio, when many reasons of auerment being numbred togethers, we make a confutation of them ech one in particular.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 195 Expeditio, or the speedie dispatcher.]

1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 250 Expedition is a figure when many parts or reasons of an argument being enumerated and touched, all are destroyed, save that only upon which the speaker intends to conclude, stand to, and rest upon.

Compounds

expedition-fee n. = expedition-money n.

ΚΠ

1672 W. Wycherley Love in Wood iv. ii If you will not let me make an end on't, I shall lose my expedition-fee.

expedition-money n. a fee or money paid for hastening the performance of any work.

ΚΠ

1725 G. Berkeley Let. 12 June in Wks. (1871) IV. 112 The Charter..hath cost me 130 pounds..besides expedition-money to men in office.

1794 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. (1827) XV. 41 I next inquired what expedition-money might have been given.

1866 Daily Tel. 20 Jan. 4/1 He claimed a sum of about £26,000 for expedition money.

expedition-squadron n.

ΚΠ

1694 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 366 Sir Clowdesly Shovell, with the expedition squadron, sailed out of the Downs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	expedition
释义	expeditionn. Brit. /ˌɛkspᵻˈdɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌɛkspəˈdɪʃən/ Forms: Middle English expediccione, expedision, Middle English–1500s expedicion, expedicyon, expedycion, expedycyon, expeditioun, 1500s– expedition. Etymology: < Latin expedītiōn-em, noun of action < expedīre : see expedite v. Compare French expédition. †1. a. The action of expediting, helping forward or accomplishing; speedy performance or prompt execution (of justice, a journey); prompt supply (of anything), dispatch. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > [noun] workingOE executionc1374 performinga1425 expedition1445 executing1480 administration1483 performancec1487 performation1504 handiworka1513 performent1527 dispatchment1529 depeaching1540 exploit1548 depeach?a1562 dispatchinga1564 dispatch1581 acting1598 outbearing1605 peraction1623 expediting1643 implement1754 solutiona1859 out-carrying1869 actuation1875 the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [noun] furtheringc1000 advancementc1325 nourishingc1325 speedingc1400 promotion1425 vauncingc1426 furtherancec1440 expedition1445 preferment1454 further1526 profection1533 towardliness1553 maturation1584 comforting1605 forwarding1635 advance1642 promotement1661 forwardness1741 fosterage1816 1445 W. Clebe Petit. Henry VI in J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. (1859) III. 79 For puryance & hasty expedition of the necessities aforsaide. 1464 King Edward IV in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 300 The Kyng shall..shewe his good grace and favour in the expedision therof. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 16 If hit plese you ye shal gyue me audience & goode expedicion. 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xxxiv. 127 They retourned wyth-out expedicyon of that wherfore they were goon thyder. 1528 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. xiv. 108 Any..thing that might conduce to the furtherance and expedition of the cause. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. iii. viii. f. 31/1 Y^e ambassatouris..returnit but ony expedition of thair message. 1543–4 Act 35 Hen. VIII c. 6 §2 For reformation whereof, and for the more expedition of iustice hereafter. 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. 65 b Alexander..prepared for reuengfull warre..and for expedition thereof he desired of Demetryus, etc. 1649 G. Langbaine Answer Vniv. Oxford 26 There is as quick expedition in our Court as in any other Courts. †b. The condition of being expedited or set in motion; only in in expedition. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > a proceeding > in progress [phrase] in handc1405 in expeditiona1616 on (also upon) the anvil1645 on the wheel1677 in progress1849 in the works1870 in process1906 in the pipeline1945 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) ii. ii. 188 Let vs deliuer Our Puissance into the hand of God, Putting it straight in expedition . View more context for this quotation 1667 A. Marvell Let. 14 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 60 A Bill against Pluralityes is committed Seuerall other things in expedition. 2. a. A sending or setting forth with martial intentions; a warlike enterprise. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > expedition ferdingc1000 voyage1297 journeyc1380 hosting1422 armyc1425 hosteyingc1425 expedition1430 voyage royal1528 expedit1613 herefare1626 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. viii. (heading) In this expedicion towardes Colchos. 1598 R. Hakluyt tr. Vincent of Beauvais in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 59 Not-withstanding, he conquered not in that expedition. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. iv. §11 Strabo confesseth as much [ignorance] of the Western parts of Europe till the Roman expeditions thither. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 285 This was the best and most successful Expedition I was in during this War. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. lviii. 311 Ptolemy, having suppressed an insurrection in Cyrene, made an expedition in person to Cyprus. b. A journey, voyage, or excursion made for some definite purpose. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > expedition fareOE outfarea1400 outinga1425 expeditiona1616 outmarch1847 a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) i. iii. 77 You shall be imployd, To hasten on his Expedition . View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 193 Mean while the Son On his great Expedition now appeer'd. View more context for this quotation 1679 R. South Serm. Several Occasions 3 A hard Expedition..to go amongst wolves. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge viii. 277 It was not a very choice spot for midnight expeditions. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. App. 536 This was not the last begging expedition of Gervinus to our shore. 3. concrete. A body of persons, also a fleet, etc., sent out for a warlike or other definite purpose. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > [noun] trumec893 wic897 ferredc1200 knight-weredc1275 preyc1300 legion?1316 companyc1325 punyec1330 virtuec1350 fellowshipc1380 knightheada1382 knighthooda1382 strengtha1382 sop?a1400 strengh?a1400 tropelc1425 armyc1450 framec1450 preparing1497 armourya1500 cohortc1500 cohortationc1500 cateran?a1513 venlin1541 troop1545 guidon1560 crew1570 preparation1573 esquadron1579 bodya1616 armada1654 expedition1693 armament1698 host1807 war-party1921 society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for expedition forec900 expedition1693 commando1834 1693 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 192 A draught is made out of the several regiments..to goe on board the expedition. 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville I. 11 Mr...Seton..had accompanied one of the expeditions sent out by Mr. Astor. 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 37 M. Girard, of the French expedition to Egypt. 1880 W. Cory Guide Mod. Eng. Hist. I. 194 (note) An expedition may consist of a single ship. †4. a. The action of issuing or sending out official documents. Hence concrete the documents sent out. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal document > [noun] > issuing or sending out expeditiona1513 society > law > legal document > [noun] writlOE charterc1270 writingc1384 paper1389 monument1405 instrument1426 cartec1449 chart1616 diploma1645 diplome1669 expedition1685 law-writings1701 chirograph1844 a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxii. sig. h.ii^v Whan they had optayned, perfyte expedycyon Of all theyr bulles. 1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 20 §3 No person..shall pay any sommes of money..for expedicion of any..bulles, breues, or palles. 1685 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Άνεκδοτα Ὲτερουιακα 431 Leo did often..examine the expeditions..presented him to sign. 1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. v. 81 The Seals..of the Expeditions which he [the Nuncio] had made during his Legation. b. gen. after French expédition. The sending forth, dispatch (of articles of any kind). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > [noun] > causing to be conveyed or sending remission1616 remitting1671 expedition1796 remittance1840 sending1882 1796 M. Perregaux in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1862) III. 350 The expedition of the ‘Moniteurs’ to the 8th of May. 5. a. The quality of being ‘expedite’; quick movement; promptness, haste, speed. Also in with expedition; to †make, use, expedition. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > expedition or dispatch speedOE diligence1490 expedition1529 dispatch1570 expedience1597 urgence1612 navity1623 expediteness1635 1529 T. Wolsey in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. 10 That expedicion be usyd in my persuts. 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. K To Babylon, Whether we next make expedition. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) i. iii. 37 Euen with the speediest expedition, I will dispatch him to the Emperors Court. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1283 With winged expedition Swift as the lightning glance. View more context for this quotation 1701 W. Penn in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1870) IX. 54 With all possible vigilance and expedition. 1747 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1851) V. 77 He was told to use all the Expedition Possible. 1815 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 265 How can expedition be expected from a body which we have saddled with an hundred lawyers. b. Readiness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > state of being prepared or ready graithc1330 readinessc1350 in promptc1425 areadinessa1500 alreadiness1534 apointc1540 furniture1560 expedition1579 prestness1582 preparedness1590 trim1628 addressedness1633 concert pitch1742 engrenage1918 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin i. 5 In Alexander..was a sutteltie, sharpenes, and expedicion of witte most singular. 6. Rhetoric. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > dismissal of all points except one expedition1656 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. P2^v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Expeditio or Enumeratio, when many reasons of auerment being numbred togethers, we make a confutation of them ech one in particular. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 195 Expeditio, or the speedie dispatcher.] 1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 250 Expedition is a figure when many parts or reasons of an argument being enumerated and touched, all are destroyed, save that only upon which the speaker intends to conclude, stand to, and rest upon. Compounds expedition-fee n. = expedition-money n. ΚΠ 1672 W. Wycherley Love in Wood iv. ii If you will not let me make an end on't, I shall lose my expedition-fee. expedition-money n. a fee or money paid for hastening the performance of any work. ΚΠ 1725 G. Berkeley Let. 12 June in Wks. (1871) IV. 112 The Charter..hath cost me 130 pounds..besides expedition-money to men in office. 1794 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. (1827) XV. 41 I next inquired what expedition-money might have been given. 1866 Daily Tel. 20 Jan. 4/1 He claimed a sum of about £26,000 for expedition money. expedition-squadron n. ΚΠ 1694 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 366 Sir Clowdesly Shovell, with the expedition squadron, sailed out of the Downs. 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