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Speed v. t. (past & past part. sped, speeded; pres. part. speeding)

1.

To cause to be successful, or to prosper; hence, to aid; to favor. "Fortune speed us!" "With rising gales that speed their happy flight."

2.

To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry. "He sped him thence home to his habitation."

3.

To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite. "Judicial acts... are sped in open court at the instance of one or both of the parties."

4.

To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin; to undo. "Sped with spavins." "A dire dilemma! either way I 'm sped. If foes, they write, if friends, they read, me dead."

5.

To wish success or god fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey. "Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest."

God speed you, God speed them, etc., may God speed you; or, may you have good speed.

Synonyms: To dispatch; hasten; expedite; accelerate; hurry.

Speed v. i. (past & past part. sped, speeded; pres. part. speeding)

1.

To go; to fare. (Obs.) "To warn him now he is too farre sped."

2.

To experience in going; to have any condition, good or ill; to fare. "Ships heretofore in seas like fishes sped; The mightiest still upon the smallest fed."

3.

To fare well; to have success; to prosper. "Save London, and send true lawyers their meed! For whoso wants money with them shall not speed!" "I told ye then he should prevail, and speed On his bad errand."

4.

To make haste; to move with celerity. "I have speeded hither with the very extremest inch of possibility."

5.

To be expedient. (Obs.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Speeding" Quotes from Famous Books

... up your bail and then forfeit it," he advised in a milder tone. "The judge will probably remember you; I do, and my memory ain't the best in the world. Twice you've been hooked for speeding through traffic; and parking by fire-plugs and in front of the No Park signs and after four, seems to be your big outdoor sport. Forfeit your bail, old boy—or it's thirty days ...

— The Trail of the White Mule • B. M. Bower

... up he saw his messenger, the young hawk, swiftly speeding to the ambush, and smiled grimly as he noted the eager haste with which the youthful warrior went to fulfil his orders. Still soaring, with outstretched wings, he sought ...

— Wood Magic - A Fable • Richard Jefferies

... Reformation was not found wanting in the gifts which the case required. Like other great religious founders, George Fox combined with profound religious conviction a high degree of tact and common sense and the faculty of organization. While the gospel of "the Light that lighteth every man" was speeding with wonderful swiftness to the ends of the earth, there was growing in the hands of the founder the framework of a discipline by which the elements of disorder should be controlled.[114:1] The result was a firmly articulated organization compacted by common faith and zeal and ...

— A History of American Christianity • Leonard Woolsey Bacon

... enough, except in such a sudden emergency as the present, when Ned was entirely unprepared for it. It was done in a twinkling, the end of it being that he found himself lying upon the green sward of the prairie, considerably bruised, and with horse and buffalo rapidly speeding ...

— Through Apache Lands • R. H. Jayne

... or thumps.—Spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, the principal muscle used in respiration, is generally occasioned by extreme and prolonged speeding on the race track or road. The severe strain thus put upon this muscle finally induces irritation of the nerves controlling it, and the contractions become very forcible and violent, giving the jerking character ...

— Special Report on Diseases of the Horse • United States Department of Agriculture

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