different between expede vs expedience

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?d

Verb

expede (third-person singular simple present expedes, present participle expeding, simple past and past participle expeded)

1. (obsolete) To hasten or expedite

Related terms

• expedite
• impede

Portuguese

Verb

expede

1. third-person singular present indicative of expedir
2. second-person singular imperative of expedir

English

Etymology

From Old French expedience, from Late Latin expedientia, from Latin expediens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.spi?.d?.?ns/

Noun

expedience (countable and uncountable, plural expediences)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to cause some desired end or the purpose intended; propriety or advisability under the particular circumstances of a case.
   • April 11 1690, John Sharp, sermon preached at White-Hall

     to determine concerning the expedience of actions

2. Speed, haste or urgency.
   • 2008, Thomas Dyja, Walter White: The Dilemma of Black Identity in America (page 178)

     The sense of expedience that allowed White to cut deals and keep moving had made many, mistakenly, see him as shallow or, worse, unprincipled.

3. Something that is expedient.
4. (obsolete) An expedition; enterprise; adventure.

Synonyms

• (fitness or suitableness): expediency
• (speed, haste or urgency): expediency

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Translations

References

• OED2
• Webster, Noah (1828) , “expediency”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
• expedience in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• expedience at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “expedience”, in Online Etymology Dictionary