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a⋅pace

  [uh-peys]
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–adverb
with speed; quickly; swiftly.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME a pas(e) at a (good) pace. See a- 1 , pace
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a·pace   (ə-pās')   
adv.  
  1. At a rapid pace; swiftly.
  2. In such a way or at such a speed as to keep up the requisite momentum; abreast.

[Middle English a pas, from Old French : a, to (from Latin ad; see ad-) + pas, step; see pace1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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A*pace"\, adv. [Pref. a- + pace. OE. a pas at a walk, in which a is the article. See Pace.] With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily.

His dewy locks did drop with brine apace. --Spenser.

A visible triumph of the gospel draws on apace. --I. Taylor.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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apace 
c.1350, from a- (1) "on" + pace (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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