Obs. [ad. L. expert-em, lit. ‘having no part (in),’ f. ex- (see EX- pref.1) + part-, pars PART.] Destitute or devoid of, free from.
1432–50. trans. Higden (Rolls), I. 337. Thouȝhe … Bede … seye that londe not to be experte of vynes.
1608. Chapman, Byron’s Conspiracy, Plays, 1873, II. 197. Into purest ayre Expert of humor. Ibid. (1616), Homer’s Hymns, To Venus, 358. He … should immortality breathe, Expert of age and woe as well as death.
1655–60. Stanley, Hist. Philos. (1701), 190/2. A principle is expert of generation and corruption.
