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Verb: accelerate  ak'selu`reyt
  1. Move faster
    "The car accelerated"
    - speed up, speed, quicken
     
  2. Cause to move faster
    "He accelerated the car"
    - speed, speed up

Derived forms: accelerated, accelerating, accelerates

See also: acceleration, accelerator, acceleratory

Type of: alter, change, deepen, intensify, modify

Antonym: decelerate

Encyclopedia: Accelerate

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