| Accelerate |
| To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of;
to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard. |
| Accelerate |
| To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or
process of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of
wealth, etc. |
| Accelerate |
| To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to
accelerate our departure. |
| Acceleration |
| The act of accelerating, or the state of being
accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves
toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to
retardation. |
| Accelerative |
| Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity;
quickening. |
| Accelerator |
| One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.;
as, accelerator nerves. |
| Acceleratory |
| Accelerative. |
| Accelerograph |
| An apparatus for studying the combustion of powder
in guns, etc. |
| Accelerometer |
| An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by
gunpowder. |
| Accend |
| To set on fire; to kindle. |
