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Accelerate

Accelerate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Accelerate? [v] move faster; "The car accelerated" [v] cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Accelerate: quicken \| speed \| speed up Related Terms \| Find terms related to Accelerate: activate \| aggravate \| atomize \| beef up \| blow up \| bombard \| bundle \| bustle \| cleave \| complicate \| concentrate \| condense \| consolidate \| crack on \| cross-bombard \| crowd \| deepen \| dispatch \| double \| drive \| drive on \| enhance \| exacerbate \| exaggerate \| expedite \| fission \| forward \| gain ground \| get going \| haste \| hasten \| hasten on \| heat up \| heighten \| hie on \| hop up \| hot up \| hurry \| hurry along \| hurry on \| hurry up \| hustle \| hustle up \| impel \| intensify \| jazz up \| key up \| magnify \| make complex \| nucleize \| open the throttle \| pick up speed \| precipitate \| press \| push \| push on \| push through \| put on \| put on steam \| quicken \| race \| railroad through \| ramify \| redouble \| reinforce \| rev \| rush \| rush along \| shake up \| sharpen \| smash the atom \| soup up \| speed \| speed along \| speed up \| spur \| stampede \| step on it \| step up \| strengthen \| triple \| urge \| whet \| whip \| whip along See Also \| brisk \| brisk up \| brisken \| deepen \| intensify Accelerate In Webster's Dictionary \Accel"erate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accelerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accelerating}.] [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.

Accelerate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Accelerate?

[v] move faster; "The car accelerated"
[v] cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Accelerate: quicken | speed | speed up

Accelerate In Webster's Dictionary

\Ac*cel"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accelerated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Accelerating}.] [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.

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