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The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen. "In expectation of a guest." Tennyson. My soul, wait thou only upon God, for my expectation is from him. Ps. lxii. 5.

Constituting an object of expectation; contingent. Expectative grace, a mandate given by the pope or a prince appointing a successor to any benefice before it becomes vacant. Foxe.

To deprive of the claws or the balls of the fore feet; as, to expeditate a dog that he may not chase deer.

The act of experimenting; practice by experiment. J. S. Mill.

Experimental; of the nature of experiment. [R.]

An experimenter. [R.]

The act of exploiting or utilizing. J. D. Whitney.

The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.

To rouse; to excite. [Obs.] Johnson.

A stirring up; a rousing. [Obs.] Hallywell.

See Ecstatic, a.

ctory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight; triumph. His bosom swelled with exultation. Prescott.

See Exsuscitate [Obs.] T. Adams.

ss difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; to lessen the labor of; as, to facilitate the execution of a task. To invite and facilitate that line of proceeding which the times call for. I. Taylor.

The act of facilitating or making easy.

exercise faculty, or authority, privilege, license, or the like hence, optional; as, facultative enactments, or those which convey a faculty, or permission; the facultative referendum of Switzerland is one that is optional with the people and is necessary only when demanded by petition; facultative studies; -- opposed…

Stuffed; filled solid; as, a farctate leaf, stem, or pericarp; -- opposed to tubular or hollow. [Obs.]

To have a fever. [Obs.] Bailey.

Made very happy. [Archaic] I am alone felicitate In your dear highness' love. Shak.

The act of felicitating; a wishing of joy or happiness; congratulation.