Verb

(en verb)

(transitive, sometimes, figurative) To make sharp

* (Edmund Burke) (1729-1797)

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill.

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Verb

(accelerat)

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

(label) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.

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To cause a change of velocity.

(label) To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.

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

(label) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.

(label) Grow; increase.

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