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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Speed \Speed\ (sp[=e]d), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sped} (sp[e^]d),
{Speeded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Speeding}.] [AS. sp[=e]dan, fr.
sp[=e]d, n.; akin to D. spoeden, G. sich sputen. See {Speed},
n.]
1. To go; to fare. [Obs.]
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To warn him now he is too farre sped. --Remedy of
Love.
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2. To experience in going; to have any condition, good or
ill; to fare. --Shak.
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Ships heretofore in seas like fishes sped;
The mightiest still upon the smallest fed. --Waller.
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3. To fare well; to have success; to prosper.
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Save London, and send true lawyers their meed!
For whoso wants money with them shall not speed!
--Lydgate.
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I told ye then he should prevail, and speed
On his bad errand. --Milton.
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4. To make haste; to move with celerity.
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I have speeded hither with the very extremest inch
of possibility. --Shak.
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5. To be expedient. [Obs.] --Wyclif (2 Cor. xii. 1.)
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