accelerate

Etymology
First attested in the 1520s. Either from, perfect passive participle of , formed from + , which is from  (see celerity), or.

Verb

 * 1)  To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
 * 2)  To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
 * 3)  To cause a change of velocity.
 * 4)  To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
 * 5)  To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
 * 6)  To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
 * 7)  Grow; increase.
 * 1)  To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
 * 2)  To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
 * 3)  Grow; increase.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:speed up

Translations

 * Arabic: سَرَّعَ
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: acelerar
 * Belarusian: паскара́ць, паско́рыць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: zrychlovat,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: rapidigi, akceli
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: luathaigh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ពន្លឿន
 * Latin: accelerō
 * Luxembourgish: acceleréieren
 * Middle Persian: pal
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: убр̀зати
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: zrýchľovať, zrýchliť
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ge mer gas (1, about motorized vehicles), (1, same as latter)
 * Tagalog: darasigin
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: приско́рювати приско́рити
 * Vietnamese:


 * Asturian: acelerar
 * Belarusian: паскара́цца, паско́рыцца
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 變快
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: akceli
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: זירז
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: przyśpieszać się, przyśpieszyć się
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: убр̀зати
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: приско́рюватися


 * Arabic: اِسْتَعْجَلَ
 * Belarusian: паскара́ць, паско́рыць
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 變快
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: akceli
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: זירז
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: убр̀зати
 * Roman:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic: أَسْرَعَ
 * Belarusian: паскара́цца, паско́рыцца
 * Bulgarian: ускоря́вам се
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 變快
 * Czech: zrychlovat,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: akceliĝi
 * Finnish: nopeutua,
 * French:
 * German: schneller werden,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: rapideskar
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian: sette opp farten
 * Polish: przyśpieszać się, przyśpieszyć się
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: убр̀зати
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua:

Adjective

 * 1)  Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.