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Quicken

see synonyms of quicken

Verb

1. accelerate, quicken, speed, speed up

move faster

Example Sentences:
'The car accelerated'

2. quicken, whet

make keen or more acute

Example Sentences:
'whet my appetite'

3. invigorate, quicken

give life or energy to

Example Sentences:
'The cold water invigorated him'

4. quicken

show signs of life

Example Sentences:
'the fetus quickened'

5. animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify

give new life or energy to

Example Sentences:
'A hot soup will revive me'
'This will renovate my spirits'
'This treatment repaired my health'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Quicken

see synonyms of quicken
verb
1. 
to make or become faster; accelerate
he quickened his walk
her heartbeat quickened with excitement
2. 
to impart to or receive vigour, enthusiasm, etc; stimulate or be stimulated
science quickens man's imagination
3. 
to make or become alive; revive
4. 
a. 
(of an unborn fetus) to begin to show signs of life
b. 
(of a pregnant woman) to reach the stage of pregnancy at which movements of the fetus can be felt

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Quicken

see synonyms of quicken
verb transitive
1. 
to animate; enliven; revive
2. 
to arouse; stimulate; stir
3. 
to cause to move more rapidly; hasten
verb intransitive
4. 
to become enlivened; revive
5. 
a. 
to begin to show signs of life, as a fetus in the womb
b. 
to enter the stage of pregnancy in which the movement of the fetus can be felt
6. 
to become more rapid; speed up
the pulse quickens with fear

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Quicken

see synonyms of quicken
v. quick·ened, quick·en·ing, quick·ens
v.tr.
1. To make more rapid: Stress quickens the pulse.
2. To cause (a body or soul, for example) to become alive; vitalize.
3. To excite and stimulate; stir: Such stories quicken the imagination.
v.intr.
1. To become more rapid. See Synonyms at speed.
2. To come or return to life, as a soul.
3. To become excited or stimulated: Our interest in the project has quickened.
4. To reach the stage of pregnancy when the fetus can be felt to move.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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