accelerate

Verb	1.	accelerate - move faster; "The car accelerated" quicken, speed up, speed brisk, brisk up, brisken - become brisk; "business brisked up" deepen, intensify - become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan" decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard - lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
	2.	accelerate - cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car" speed up, speed modify, qualify - add a modifier to a constituent decelerate, slow down - reduce the speed of; "He slowed down the car"

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