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Definition of Accelerate
Accelerate

To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.

To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.

To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure.

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Accelerate Quotations

The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects - making it possible... to see a new beauty in what is vanishing.
Susan Sontag

I would give relief from the first $10,000 of the payroll tax. I would allow small businesses to accelerate depreciation so they would have an incentive to buy now rather than defer. I would also give to the states $40 billion of relief.
Bob Graham

Similarly, establishing a firm timeline for bringing our troops home could accelerate the development of Iraqi security forces and deepen their commitment to defending their own country and their own government.
Peter DeFazio

I can choose to accelerate my disease to an alcoholic death or incurable insanity, or I can choose to live within my thoroughly human condition.
Mercedes McCambridge

No, but it's not because I'm getting older that I'm trying to accelerate. But something very curious is happening: The older I get, the more ideas I'm getting.
Patrice Leconte

Accelerate Translations

accelerate in Dutch is verhaasten, bespoedigen, accelereren
accelerate in German is zunehmen
accelerate in Italian is accelerare
accelerate in Latin is accelero
accelerate in Portuguese is acelere
accelerate in Spanish is acelerar
accelerate in Swedish is accelerera

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