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Expedient

Expedient (expedient)
a.
Ex*pe"di*ent
  1. Hastening or forward; hence, tending to further or promote a proposed object; fit or proper under the circumstances; conducive to self-interest; desirable; advisable; advantageous; -- sometimes contradistinguished from right.

    It is expedient for you that I go away. John xvi. 7.

    Nothing but the right can ever be expedient, since that can never be true expediency which would sacrifice a greater good to a less. Whately.

  2. Quick; expeditious.
    [Obs.]

    His marches are expedient to this town. Shak.

Expedient

Expedient (expedient)
n.
Ex*pe"di*ent
  1. That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end.

    What sure expedient than shall Juno find,
    To calm her fears and ease her boding mind?     Philips.

  2. Means devised in an exigency; shift.

    Syn. -- Shift; contrivance; resource; substitute.













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