‖n. [ F., fem. of comédien. ] A women who plays in comedy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. ] A dramatic sketch; a brief comedy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is undutiful to him other actions, and lives in open disobedience. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disobedience. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. dis- + obedient. See Disobey, Obedient. ] 1. Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts. [ 1913 Webster ]

This disobedient spirit in the colonies. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disobedient unto the word of the Lord. 1 Kings xiii. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not yielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the system disobedient to stimuli. E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a disobedient manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. 1. The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-interest; desirableness; advantage; advisability; -- sometimes contradistinguished from moral rectitude or principle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Divine wisdom discovers no expediency in vice. Cogan. [ 1913 Webster ]

To determine concerning the expedience of action. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

Much declamation may be heard in the present day against expediency, as if it were not the proper object of a deliberative assembly, and as if it were only pursued by the unprincipled. Whately. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expedition; haste; dispatch. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Making hither with all due expedience. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An expedition; enterprise; adventure. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Forwarding this dear expedience. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. [ L. expediens, -entis, p. pr. of expedire to be expedient, release, extricate: cf. F. expédient. See Expedite. ] 1. Hastening or forward; hence, tending to further or promote a proposed object; fit or proper under the circumstances; conducive to self-interest; desirable; advisable; advantageous; -- sometimes contradistinguished from right or principled. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is expedient for you that I go away. John xvi. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nothing but the right can ever be expedient, since that can never be true expediency which would sacrifice a greater good to a less. Whately. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Quick; expeditious. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His marches are expedient to this town. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end. [ 1913 Webster ]

What sure expedient than shall Juno find,
To calm her fears and ease her boding mind? Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Means devised in an exigency; shift.

Syn. -- Shift; contrivance; resource; substitute. [ 1913 Webster ]

Governed by expediency; seeking advantage; as an expediential policy. “Calculating, expediential understanding.” Hare. -- Ex*pe`di*en"tial*ly , adv. Fitzed. Hall [1913 Webster]

pos>adv. 1. In an expedient manner; fitly; suitably; conveniently. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With expedition; quickly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The quality or state of being inexpedient; lack of fitness; unsuitableness to the end or object; impropriety; as, the inexpedience of some measures. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is not the rigor but the inexpediency of laws and acts of authority which makes them tyrannical. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time and place; as, what is expedient at one time may be inexpedient at another. [ 1913 Webster ]

If it was not unlawful, yet it was highly inexpedient to use those ceremonies. Bp. Burnet.

Syn. -- Unwise; impolitic; imprudent; indiscreet; unprofitable; inadvisable; disadvantageous. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Not expediently; unfitly. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ See Ingredient. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Entrance; ingress. [ Obs. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality or state of being an ingredient or component part. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ingrédient, L. ingrediens, -entis, entering into, p. pr. of ingredi, p. p. ingressus, to go into, to enter; pref. in- in + gradi to walk, go. See Grade. ] That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any combination, recipe, or mixture; an element; a constituent. [ 1913 Webster ]

By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Entering as, or forming, an ingredient or component part. [ 1913 Webster ]

Acts where no sin is ingredient. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inoboedientia : cf. F. inobedience. ] Disobedience. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inoboediens, p. pr. of inoboedire : cf. F. inobedient. See Obedient. ] Not obedient; disobedient. [ Obs. ] Chaucer.

-- In`o*be"di*ent*ly, adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. medietas. ] The middle part; half; moiety. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }. Same as Mediaeval, Mediaevalism, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Mistaken obedience; disobedience. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Neglect of obedience; failure to obey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. obédience, L. obedientia, oboedientia. See Obedient, and cf. Obeisance. ] 1. The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control. [ 1913 Webster ]

Government must compel the obedience of individuals. Ames. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Words or actions denoting submission to authority; dutifulness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Eccl.) (a) A following; a body of adherents; as, the Roman Catholic obedience, or the whole body of persons who submit to the authority of the pope. (b) A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior. (c) One of the three monastic vows. Shipley. (d) The written precept of a superior in a religious order or congregation to a subject. [ 1913 Webster ]

Canonical obedience. See under Canonical. --
Passive obedience. See under Passive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One yielding obedience. [ Obs. ] Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. obedient, L. obediens, oboediens, -entis. p. pr. of obedire, oboedire, to obey. See Obey. ] Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command. [ 1913 Webster ]

And floating straight, obedient to the stream. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The chief his orders gives; the obedient band,
With due observance, wait the chief's command. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Dutiful; respectful; compliant; submissive. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. obédientiel. ] According to the rule of obedience. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An obediental subjection to the Lord of Nature. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an obedient manner; with obedience. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., literally, pray God. ] A kneeling desk for prayers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. rediens, p. pr. of redire to return; pref. red- + ire to go. ] Returning. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A going back; a retrogression; a return. [ R. ] Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A woman who plays in tragedy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inexpedient. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disobedience. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disobedient. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]