Making sudden changes of gear, the heat accelerated its advance after Mrs. Moore’s departure until existence had to be endured and crime punished with the thermometer at a hundred and twelve.
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India
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Merriam-Webster
— occurring or developing at a faster rate than usual
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Macmillan
— to happen or make something happen at a faster rate
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Collins
— If the process or rate of something accelerates or if something accelerates it, it gets faster and faster.
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Other Word Forms
accelerate
accelerates
accelerating
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1 use of ‘accelerated’ in A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster