ac·cel·er·ate 
(ăk-sĕlə-rāt′)
(ăk-sĕlə-rāt′)v. ac·cel·er·at·ed, ac·cel·er·at·ing, ac·cel·er·ates
v.tr.
1.
a. To increase the speed of: accelerated the engine. See Synonyms at speed.
b. Physics To change the velocity of.
2. To cause to occur sooner than expected: accelerated his retirement by a year.
3. To cause to develop or progress more quickly: a substance used to accelerate a fire.
4.
a. To reduce the time required for (an academic course, for example); compress into a shorter period.
b. To make it possible for (a student) to finish an academic course faster than usual.
v.intr.
To move or act faster.
[Latin accelerāre, accelerāt- : ad-, intensive pref.; see AD- + celerāre, to quicken (from celer, swift).]
ac·celer·a′tive adj.
ac·celer·a·to′ry (-ər-ə-tôr′ē) adj.
- grand jury
- grandkid
- Grand Lama
- grand larceny
- grandly
- grandma
- grand mal seizure
- "Grandma Moses."
- Grand Manan Island
- grand march
- grand master
- grandmaster
- grandmother
- grandmotherly
- grandnephew
- grandness
- grandniece
- grand opera
- grandpa
- grandparent
- grandparental
- grandparenthood
- grand piano
- Grand Prix
- Grand Rapids