ACCELERATE

accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken

(verb) move faster; “The car accelerated”

accelerate, speed, speed up

(verb) cause to move faster; “He accelerated the car”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

accelerate (third-person singular simple present accelerates, present participle accelerating, simple past and past participle accelerated)

(transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

(transitive) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.

(transitive, physics) To cause a change of velocity.

(transitive) To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.

(transitive, education) To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.

(intransitive) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.

(intransitive) Grow; increase.

(obsolete) Alternative form of accelerated

Synonyms

• (to cause to move faster): hasten, quicken, speed up; see also speed up

• (to quicken progress): expedite, further,

• (to hasten the occurrence of an event): advance, forward

Antonyms

• decelerate

• retard

• unaccelerate

Adjective

accelerate

(rare) Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.

Source: Wiktionary

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Ac*cel"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accelerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Accelerating.] Etym: [L. acceleratus, p. p. of accelerare; ad + celerare to hasten; celer quick. See Celerity.]

1. To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.

2. To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.

3. To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure. Accelerated motion (Mech.), motion with a continually increasing velocity.

– Accelerating force, the force which causes accelerated motion. Nichol.

Syn.

– To hasten; expedite; quicken; dispatch; forward; advance; further.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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