accelerate

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Synonyms: accelerated, decelerate, accelerator, scelerate, accelerative, accelerant, reaccelerate, unaccelerate, accelerates, accelerants, accelerable

Antonyms: accelerated, decelerate, accelerator, scelerate, accelerative, accelerant, reaccelerate, unaccelerate, accelerates, accelerants, accelerable

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause to move [[faster]]; to [[quicken]] the motion of; to add to the [[speed]] of.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To quicken the natural or ordinary [[progression]] or [[process]] of.
3. {{lb|en|transitive|physics}} To cause a change of [[velocity]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[hasten]], as the occurrence of an event.
5. {{lb|en|transitive|education}} To enable a [[student]] to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
6. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
7. {{lb|en|intransitive}} [[grow|Grow]]; [[increase]].

Adjective

1. {{lb|en|archaic}} [[accelerated|Accelerated]]; [[quickened]]; [[hastened]]; [[hurried]].

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