expedition

n. [ L. expeditio: cf.F. expédition. ] 1. The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition. [ 1913 Webster ]

With winged expedition [ 1913 Webster ]

Swift as the lightning glance. &unr_; [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress. [ 1913 Webster ]

Putting it straight in expedition. &unr_; [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The expedition miserably failed. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Narrative of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains. J. C. Fremont. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to an expedition; as, an expeditionary force. [ 1913 Webster ]