Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (n.) Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success. 2. (n.) The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel. 3. (n.) One who, or that which, causes or promotes speed or success. 4. (n.) To go; to fare. 5. (n.) To experience in going; to have any condition, good or ill; to fare. 6. (n.) To fare well; to have success; to prosper. 7. (n.) To make haste; to move with celerity. 8. (n.) To be expedient. 9. (v. t.) To cause to be successful, or to prosper; hence, to aid; to favor. 10. (v. t.) To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry. 11. (v. t.) To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite. 12. (v. t.) To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin; to undo. 13. (v. t.) To wish success or god fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
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