Expedition
Expedition , noun
[Latin expeditio: compareF. expédition.]
1.
The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition.
With winged expedition
Swift as the lightning glance. {not transcribed}
2.
A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress.
Putting it straight in expedition. {not transcribed}
3.
An important enterprise, implying a change of place; especially, a warlike enterprise; a march or a voyage with martial intentions; an excursion by a body of persons for a valuable end; as, a military, naval, exploring, or scientific expedition; also, the body of persons making such excursion.
The expedition miserably failed.
Narrative of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains.