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English word accelerate comes from Latin accelero (I accelerate), which is a combination of the Latin prefix ad (toward, to, on, up to, for) and root celero (I hasten, quicken, make haste, hurry)

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ad (Latin)

(direction) toward, to, on, up to, for.

celero (Latin)

I hasten, quicken, accelerate. I make haste, hurry.

accelero (Latin)

(intransitive) I am quick, make haste, hasten.. (transitive) I quicken, hasten, accelerate.

acceleratus (Latin)

hastened, accelerated.

accelerate (English)

(intransitive) Grow; increase.. (intransitive) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.. (obsolete). (transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.. (transitive) To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.. (transitive) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.. (transitive, education) To enable a student to finish a course [...]

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