(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ an event or process, often an unpleasant one, you make it happen faster or sooner.
But if he does this, he may ~ the collapse of his own country.
= speed up
VERB: V n
2.
If you ~ to do something, you are quick to do it.
She more than anyone had ~ed to sign the contract.
VERB: V to-inf
3.
If you ~ to say something, you quickly add something to what you have just said in order to prevent it being misunderstood.
He ~ed to assure me that there was nothing traumatic to report.
VERB: V to-inf