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A Writer's Dictionary:

accelerating Definition


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accelerate
verb accelerated, accelerating
    tr & intr
    1. To increase the speed of something.
      Thesaurus: speed up, quicken, hasten, step on the gas (US slang); Antonym: slow down.
    intr
    2. To be completed more quickly.
      Thesaurus: speed up, quicken, expedite, hasten, precipitate, facilitate, spur; Antonym: delay, slow down.
    3. To make something happen sooner.
Etymology: 16c: from Latin accelerare.



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