expedite

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 29, 2023 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>expedite</strong> &#149; \EK-spuh-dyte\&nbsp; &#149; <em>verb</em><br /> <p>To <em>expedite</em> something is to speed up its process or progress. <em>Expedite</em> can also mean “to carry out promptly.” </p> <p>// To <em>expedite</em> the processing of your request, please include your account number on all documents.</p> <p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expedite">See the entry ></a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>“Builders have been accused of using cheap materials and skirting building codes to <em>expedite</em> projects and fatten profits—erecting structures that could not survive quakes.” — Nimet Kirac, <em>The New York Times</em>, 17 Feb. 2023</p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p>Need someone to do something in a hurry? You can tell that person to step on it—or you can tell them expedite it. Figurative feet are involved in both cases, though less obviously in the second choice. <em>Expedite</em> comes from the Latin verb <em>expedire</em>, meaning “to free from entanglement” or “to release (a person) especially from a confined position.” The feet come in at that word’s root: it traces back to Latin <em>ped-</em> or <em>pes</em>, meaning “foot.” <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expedient"><em>Expedient</em></a> and <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expedition"><em>expedition</em></a> also stepped into English by way of <em>expedire</em>.</p> <br /><br /> </p> </font>