speed

speed
speed verb.
The past tense and past participle are sped when the meaning is ‘to go fast’ (The car sped onwards / By that time she had sped down the road) and speeded when the meaning is ‘to break a speed limit’ or when the verb is transitive (taking an object) and/or followed by up (He speeded to get there in time / The reform process needs to be speeded up). Sped is often preferred in AmE in this second group (I sped my pace to catch up) but is less idiomatic, even informally, in BrE.

Modern English usage. 2014.

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