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quicken verb. ME.
[from QUICK adjective + -EN5.]
a. verb trans. Give or restore life to; revive; animate. ME.
Shelley Ill things Shall, with a spirit of unnatural life, Stir and be quickened.
b. verb intrans. Come to life, become living. Formerly also, revive. ME.
Sir W. Scott The seed which is sown shall one day sprout and quicken.
fig.
a. verb intrans. Come into a state of existence or activity comparable to life. ME.
E. Waugh Her perennial optimism quickened within her and swelled to a great..confidence. V. S. Naipaul Her tired face quickened with scorn.
b. verb trans. Give or restore vigour to; stimulate, rouse. LME.
P. G. Wodehouse Peril quickens the wit, and she had thought of a plan of action. J. Gathorne-Hardy The memory of childhood suffering quickened his sympathy in relation to the sufferings of..children.
verb trans. Kindle (a fire); cause to burn strongly. arch. ME.
b. verb intrans. Grow bright. poet. E18.
verb intrans. (Of a woman) reach the stage of pregnancy when movements of the foetus can be felt; (of a foetus) begin to move. M16.
verb trans. Make (a liquor or medicine) sharper or more stimulant. Now rare or obsolete. L16.
verb trans. & intrans. Make or become quicker, accelerate. E17.
S. Middleton They..began to quicken their pace, until..they ran together.
b. verb trans. Make (a curve) sharper; make (a slope) steeper. E18.
quickener noun LME.
quickening noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) dial. (a quantity of) yeast: LME.