1. noun /spiːd/
a) the state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion; rapidity
b) the rate of motion or action, specifically / the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time
2. verb /spiːd/
he and alle his knyghtes haue assayed it and none can spede.
b) To help someone, to give them fortune.
Aristotle must find out the motion of Euripus; Pliny must needs see Vesuvius; but how sped they? One loseth goods, another his life.
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