ACCELERATE

verb (-ated; -ating) see: hold Date: circa 1530 transitive verb to bring about at an earlier time , to cause to move faster , 3. to hasten the progress or development of , increase , 4. to enable (a student) to complete a course in less than usual time, to speed up (as a course of study), intransitive verb 1. to move faster ; gain speed , grow , increase , to follow an ~d educational program, acceleratingly adverb