Foxe.
Expectative
(Ex*pect"a*tive), n. [F. expectative, fr. expectatif expectant.] Something in expectation; esp.,
an expectative grace. Milman.
Expectedly
(Ex*pect"ed*ly), adv. In conformity with expectation. [R.] Walpole.
Expecter
(Ex*pect"er) n. One who expects.
Expectingly
(Ex*pect"ing*ly), adv. In a state of expectation.
Expective
(Ex*pect"ive) a. Expectative. [R.] Shipley.
Expectorant
(Ex*pec"to*rant) a. [L. expectorans, p. pr. of expectorare to drive from the breast: cf. F.
expectorant.] (Med.) Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from
the lungs or throat. n. An expectorant medicine.
Expectorate
(Ex*pec"to*rate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expectorated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Expectorating ] [L.
expecrorare to drive from the breast; ex out + pectus, pectiris, breast. See Pectoral.] To eject from
the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit
forth.
Expectorate
(Ex*pec"to*rate), v. i. To discharge matter from the lungs or throat by hawking and spitting; to
spit.
Expectoration
(Ex*pec`to*ra"tion) n. [Cf. F. expectoration.]
1. The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting.
2. That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.
Expectorative
(Ex*pec"to*ra*tive) a. & n. Same as Expectorant. Harvey.
Expede
(Ex*pede") v. t. To expedite; to hasten. [Obs.]