expedite
to speed up or make easier
Roots
Other words with the ped root
- expedient: practical or convenient, sometimes at moral cost
- expedition: journey or organized undertaking
- impede: to hinder or block progress
- impediment: obstacle or hindrance
- pedal: foot-operated lever or control
- pedestrian: ordinary, dull, or literally traveling on foot
Expedite originally has the image of freeing the feet for action.
The clerk expedited the application.