Ac-cĕl'er-āte, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. ACCELERATED; p. pr. & vb. n. ACCELERATING.] [Lat. accelerare, from ad and celerare, to hasten; celer, quick; Gr. κέλλειν, to drive, move; Fr. accélérer.]
- To cause to move faster; to hasten; to quicken the motion or action of; to add to the velocity of.
- To add to the natural or ordinary progression of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, or the progress of knowledge.
Syn.—To hasten; expedite; quicken; dispatch; forward; advance; further. Accelerated motion (Mech.), motion with a continually increasing velocity.—Accelerating force, the force which causes accelerated motion. Nichol.