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Accelerate

//əkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt//

Definitions

verbaccelerates · accelerating · accelerated

1
To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
Similar
hasten expedite further
2
To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.
3
To cause a change of velocity.

adj

1
Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.
... a general knowledg of the definition of motion, and of the distinction of natural and violent, even and accelerate, and the like, sufficing.

Word Origin

First attested in the 1520s. Either from Latin accelerātus, perfect passive participle of accelerō (“to accelerate, hasten”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), forme...

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