accelerate

To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.

to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.

The company plans to accelerate its growth with new marketing strategies.

To cause a change of velocity.

To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.

to accelerate our departure

To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.

Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.

... a general knowledg of the definition of motion, and of the distinction of natural and violent, even and accelerate, and the like, sufficing.