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quicken

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1. quicken - Noun

2. quicken - Adjective

3. quicken - Verb

Meaning

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The cold water invigorated him Source: Internet

the fetus quickened Source: Internet

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