sped

Verb

speed (third-person singular simple present speeds, present participle speeding, simple past and past participle sped or (chiefly UK) speeded)

1. (archaic, intransitive) To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.
   • And yf I maye fynde suche a knyghte that hath all these vertues / he may drawe oute this swerd oute of the shethe / for I haue ben at kyng Ryons / it was told me ther were passyng good knyghtes / and he and alle his knyghtes haue assayed it and none can spede1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter 1, in Le Morte Darthur, book I
2. (archaic, transitive) To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour.
   • God speed, until we meet again.
3. (intransitive) To go fast.
   • The Ferrari was speeding along the road.

   Synonyms:

   zing

4. (intransitive) To exceed the speed limit.
   • Why do you speed when the road is so icy?
5. (transitive) To increase the rate at which something occurs.
   • It is possible that the uterine contractions speed the sperm along.1982, Carole Offir, Carole Wade, Human sexuality,, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, page 454
6. (intransitive, slang) To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.
   • Jackie is just speeding away / Thought she was James Dean for a day1972, Lou Reed, “Walk on the Wild Side”, in Transformer

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