Definition of speed

• n. - Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.
• n. - The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel.
• n. - One who, or that which, causes or promotes speed or success.
• n. - To go; to fare.
• n. - To experience in going; to have any condition, good or ill; to fare.
• n. - To fare well; to have success; to prosper.
• n. - To make haste; to move with celerity.
• n. - To be expedient.
• v. t. - To cause to be successful, or to prosper; hence, to aid; to favor.
• v. t. - To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
• v. t. - To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
• v. t. - To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin; to undo.
• v. t. - To wish success or god fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.