accelerate
adjective
1. (rare) Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.
verb
1. move faster
- The car accelerated
Similar word(s): quicken, speed
Definition categories: change, deepen, intensify
2. cause to move faster
- He accelerated the car
Similar word(s): speed
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
Sentences with accelerate as a verb:
- to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.
- to accelerate our departure