Quicken

[Quick·en]

When things quicken, they speed up or make something go faster. If you're late for school, you should probably quicken your pace.

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To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.

Verb
give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"

Verb
show signs of life; "the fetus quickened"

Verb
move faster; "The car accelerated"

Verb
give life or energy to; "The cold water invigorated him"

Verb
make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite"

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a.
To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.

a.
To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts; to quicken one's departure or speed.

a.
To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced.

v. i.
To come to life; to become alive; to become vivified or enlivened; hence, to exhibit signs of life; to move, as the fetus in the womb.

v. i.
To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated; as, his pulse quickened.


Quicken

Quick"en , v. t. [imp. & p. p. quickened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Quickening.] [AS. cwician. See Quick, a.] 1. To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.
The mistress which I serve quickens what's dead.
Like a fruitful garden without an hedge, that quickens the appetite to enjoy so tempting a prize.
2. To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts; to quicken one's departure or speed. 3. (Shipbuilding) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced. Syn. -- To revive; resuscitate; animate; reinvigorate; vivify; refresh; stimulate; sharpen; incite; hasten; accelerate; expedite; dispatch; speed.

Quicken

Quick"en, v. i. 1. To come to life; to become alive; to become vivified or enlivened; hence, to exhibit signs of life; to move, as the fetus in the womb.
The heart is the first part that quickens, and the last that dies.
And keener lightnings quicken in her eye.
When the pale and bloodless east began To quicken to the sun.
2. To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated; as, his pulse quickened.

To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.

To come to life; to become alive; to become vivified or enlivened; hence, to exhibit signs of life; to move, as the fetus in the womb.

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