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expediment

expediment is the obsolete form of expedient.

Meaning of expedient

Noun

expedient (plural expedients)

  1. A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.
    • To secure such a market, there is no other expedient, than to promote manufacturing establishments.1791 December 5, Alexander Hamilton, “Alexander Hamilton’s Final Version of the Report on the Subject of Manufactures”, in Harold C. Syrett, editor, The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, volume 10, New...

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Forms of expediment

pluralexpediments

Questions about expediment

What is expediment the obsolete form of?
Expediment is the obsolete form of expedient.

Words near expediment in the dictionary

  1. expedientially
  2. expedientist
  3. expedientists
  4. expediently
  5. expedients
  6. expediment
  7. expediments
  8. expeding
  9. expeditate
  10. expeditated
  11. expeditates

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