From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
[en] First attested in the 1520s. Either from [en], [perfect] [passive]
[participle] of [la] (see [en] and [en]), formed from [la] + [la], which is
from [la] (see celerity), or [en].[1]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To cause to move faster ; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
2. [en] To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
3. * {{ quote-journal | en | year=2013 | month=September-October | author= Michael Sivak (see http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/michael-sivak)
|magazine=w:American Scientist|title=Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy
Supply? (see
http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2013/5/will-ac-put-a-chill-on-the-global-energy-supply)
|passage=Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for
air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent, with
the consequences of climate change potentially ACCELERATING the demand.}}
1. [en] To cause a change of velocity .
2. [en] To hasten , as the occurrence of an event.
3. [en] To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
4. [en] To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
5. [en] Grow ; increase .
**** Synonyms
- [to cause to move faster] [en] , [en] , [en] ; see also Thesaurus:speed up
- [to quicken progress] [en] , [en] ,
- [to hasten the occurrence of an event] [en] , [en]
**** Antonyms
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Related terms
[en]
**** Translations
[to cause to move faster]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Ido: [io]
- Indonesian: [id] , [id] , [id]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Khmer: [km]
- Latin: [la]
- Luxembourgish: [lb]
- Middle Persian: [pal]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] (1, about motorized vehicles), [sv] (1, same as latter)
- Tagalog: [tl] , [tl]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] [uk]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Welsh: [cy]
- West Frisian: [fy]
[trans-bottom]
[to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Welsh: [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[to hasten]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Welsh: [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[to become faster]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Ido: [io]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Welsh: [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Woiwurrung: [wyi]
[trans-bottom]
*** Adjective
[-]
1. [en] Accelerated ; quickened ; hastened ; hurried .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1662 | author=Thomas Salusbury | title=Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems | section=Dialogue 2
|passage=_... a general knowledg of the definition of motion, and of the
distinction of natural and violent, even and ACCELERATE , and the like,
sufficing._}}
*** References
References:
[1]. [page=6]
- [R:OED2]
[en] [en]
** Italian
*** Etymology 1
**** Adjective
[it]
1. [it]
**** Participle
[it]
1. [it]
*** Etymology 2
**** Verb
[it]
1. [it]
** Latin
*** Verb
[la]
1. [la]