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One who abstains from food.

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

With one breve, or four minims, to measure, and sung faster like four crotchets; in quick common time; -- indicated in the time signature by

nstructing, erecting, or establishing. Hence it is that the building of our Sion rises no faster. Bp. Hall.

rong. The whole company crowded about the fire. Addison. Images came crowding on his mind faster than he could put them into words. Macaulay.

og or hindrance; to hold back. A propeller is said to drag when the sails urge the vessel faster than the revolutions of the screw can propel her. Russell.

he ocean gains on the land. (b) To obtain influence with. (c) To win ground upon; to move faster than, as in a race or contest. (d) To get the better of; to have the advantage of. The English have not only gained upon the Venetians in the Levant, but have their cloth in Venice itself. Addison. My good behavior had so f…

oderately. Allegro moderato, a little slower than allegro. -- Andante moderato, a little faster than andante.

To surpass in flying; to fly beyond or faster than. Shak. Winged with fear outflies the wind. Waller.

To surpass in marching; to march faster than, or so as to leave behind.

To outgo; to move faster than; to leave behind. [R.] Lamb.

To surpass in speed of riding; to ride beyond or faster than. Shak.

To exceed, or leave behind, in running; to run faster than; to outstrip; to go beyond. Your zeal outruns my wishes. Sir W. Scott. The other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulcher. Jhon xx. 4.

To excel, or to leave behind, in sailing; to sail faster than. Beau. & Fl.

To strike out; to strike faster than. Shak.

To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave behing. Appetites which . . . had outstripped the hours. Southey. He still outstript me in the race. Tennyson.

To exceed in working; to work more or faster than.

- used chiefly in phrases indicating the time or movement; as, poco più allegro, a little faster; poco largo, rather slow. Poco a poco Etym: [It.] (Mus.) Little by little; as, poco a poco crescendo, gradually increasing in loudness.

to dispatch; to finish. [R.] "Willingness rids way." Shak. Mirth will make us rid ground faster than if thieves were at our tails. J. Webster. To be rid of, to be free or delivered from. -- To get rid of, to get deliverance from; to free one's self from.

Sandys. If we are idle, and disturb the industrious in their business, we shall ruin the faster. Locke.