expedite
EK-spuh-diteverbMeaning to speed up a process
Memory hook EX-PED: FEET out and running. Ped means foot. To get the package there today, the shop sends its fastest runner out the door. It expedites the delivery.
Paying extra will expedite the delivery.
In context To expedite the repairs, the city hired a second crew and kept the work going through the night, and the road reopened two weeks early.
Similar speed up, hasten, hurry, accelerate
Opposite delay, slow, hold up
From Latin expedire, “to free the feet” (as from a snare), and so to set free, make ready: ex (out) + pes, ped- (foot).