accelerate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: accelerate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
accelerate v move faster; "The car accelerated" [syn: accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken] Antonym(s): decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car" Synonym(s): accelerate, speed, speed up Antonym(s): decelerate, slow down
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Accelerate \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.