different between accelerate vs adduce

English

Etymology

First attested in the 1520s. Either from Latin acceler?tus, perfect passive participle of acceler? (“I accelerate, hasten”), formed from ad + celer? (“I hasten”), which is from celer (“quick”) (see celerity), or back-formation from acceleration.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k.?s?l.?.??e?t/, /æk.?s?l.?.??e?t/, /?k.?s?l.?.??e?t/

Verb

accelerate (third-person singular simple present accelerates, present participle accelerating, simple past and past participle accelerated)

1. (transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
2. (transitive) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
3. (transitive, physics) To cause a change of velocity.
4. (transitive) To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.

5. (transitive, education) To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
6. (intransitive) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
7. (intransitive) Grow; increase.
8. (obsolete) Alternative form of accelerated

Synonyms

• (to cause to move faster): hasten, quicken, speed up; see also Thesaurus:speed up
• (to quicken progress): expedite, further,
• (to hasten the occurrence of an event): advance, forward

Antonyms

• decelerate
• retard
• unaccelerate

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

accelerate

1. (rare) Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.
   • 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Dialogue 2:

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

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “accelerate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Italian

Adjective

accelerate

1. feminine plural of accelerato

Verb

accelerate

1. second-person plural present indicative of accelerare
2. second-person plural imperative of accelerare
3. feminine plural of accelerato

Latin

Verb

acceler?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of acceler?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adducere, adductum (“to lead or bring to”), from ad- + ducere (“to lead”). See duke, and compare adduct.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??d(j)u?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??dju?s/, /??d?u?s/
• (US)
• Rhymes: -u?s

Verb

adduce (third-person singular simple present adduces, present participle adducing, simple past and past participle adduced)

1. (transitive) To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.
   • 1840, Thomas de Quincey, "Style" (published in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, July 1840

     Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration.

   • For I am well aware that scarcely a single point is discussed in this volume on which facts cannot be adduced, […]

Synonyms

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Translations

References

• adduce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “adduce”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• “adduce”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Italian

Verb

adduce

1. third-person singular present indicative of addurre

Anagrams

• deduca

Latin

Verb

add?ce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of add?c?

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ad(j)us/

Verb

adduce (third-person singular present adduces, present participle adducin, past adduced, past participle adduced)

1. to adduce
2. (law) to bring forth as proof

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.