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Accelerate
Definitions
- 1 Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried. archaic, not-comparable
"... a general knowledg of the definition of motion, and of the distinction of natural and violent, even and accelerate, and the like, sufficing."
- 1 To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of. transitive
- 2 move faster wordnet
- 3 To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of. transitive
"to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc."
- 4 cause to move faster wordnet
- 5 To cause a change of velocity. transitive
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- 6 To hasten, as the occurrence of an event. transitive
"to accelerate our departure"
- 7 To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time. transitive
- 8 To become faster; to begin to move more quickly. intransitive
"The car began to accelerate as soon as the light turned green."
- 9 Grow; increase. intransitive
Etymology
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)), formed from ad + celerō (“to hasten”), which is from celer (“quick”) (see celerity), or back-formation from acceleration.
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)), formed from ad + celerō (“to hasten”), which is from celer (“quick”) (see celerity), or back-formation from acceleration.
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