ACCELERATE

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

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

2.
v.

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

3.
v.

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.

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