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Meaning of accelerate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  accelerate
      v 1: move faster; "The car accelerated" [syn: {accelerate},
           {speed up}, {speed}, {quicken}] [ant: {decelerate},
           {retard}, {slow}, {slow down}, {slow up}]
      2: cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car" [syn:
         {accelerate}, {speed}, {speed up}] [ant: {decelerate}, {slow
         down}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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