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accelerate

/æk.ˈsɛl.ə.ˌɹeɪt/
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verb

  • To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
  • To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.

    "to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc."

  • To cause a change of velocity.
  • To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.

    "to accelerate our departure"

  • To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
  • To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
  • Grow; increase.

adjective

  • Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.

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