ACCELERATE

ACCEL'ERATE, verb transitive [Latin accelero, of ad and celero, to hasten, from celer, quick.1. To cause to move faster; to hasten; to quicken motion; to add to the velocity of a moving body. It implies previous motion or progression.2. To add to natural or ordinary progression; as to accelerate the growth of a plant, or the progress of knowledge.3. To bring nearer in time; to shorten the time between the present time and a future event; as to accelerate the ruin of a government; to accelerate a battle.

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accelerate. Accelerate, v.t. to hasten or quicken

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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. 1. To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; — opposed to retard.
2. 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. 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.