transitive. To hasten or accelerate (something); to hurry (a person).

To cause to increase in rate, amount, or extent; to increase the speed or development of. transitive. With a movement or process as object.

transitive. To hasten, accelerate, speed up; to make faster or quicker.

transitive. To make swift or swifter, hasten.

To cause to move, hasten, or gather speed; to accelerate the pace of; to speed up. Usually with adverbs (as forward, on) or prepositions.

transitive. With the action or movement as object: to hasten, execute quickly. rare.

transitive. Chiefly with up. To accelerate (one's pace); (also) to increase the speed and efficiency of (a service). Also intransitive.

To increase the speed or working rate of. Now chiefly with up. Also figurative.

To force up; to speed up. With it: to put on pressure; to make efforts in a certain direction.