1. To go; to fare. To warn him now he is too farre sped. (remedy of love)

2. To experience in going; to have any condition, good or ill; to fare. Ships heretofore in seas lke fishes sped; The mightiest still upon the smallest fed. (waller)

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! (Lydgate) I told ye then he should prevail, and speed On his bad errand. (milton)

4. To make haste; to move with celerity. I have speeded hither with the very extremest inch of possibility. (Shak)

5. To be expedient.

Origin: AS. Spdan, fr. Spd, n.; akin to D. Spoeden, G. Sich sputen. See Speed.

1. Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success. For common speed. O lord god of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day. (gen. Xxiv. 12)

2. The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel. Speed, to describe whose swiftness number fails. (milton)


3. One who, or that which, causes or promotes speed or success. Hercules be thy speed! god speed, Good speed; prosperity. See Godspeed. Speed gauge, Speed indicator, and Speed recorder, a power lathe with a rapidly revolving spindle, for turning small objects, for polishing, etc.; a hand lathe. Speed pulley, a cone pulley with steps.

Synonym: Haste, swiftness, celerity, quickness, dispatch, expedition, hurry, acceleration. See Haste.

Origin: AS. Spd success, swiftness, from spwan to succeed; akin to D. Spoedd, OHG. Spuot success, spuot to succees, Skr. Spha to increase, grow fat. B.


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