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quicken

[ kwik-uhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten:
She quickened her pace.
to give or restore vigor or activity to; stir up, rouse, or stimulate:
to quicken the imagination.
Synonyms: enliven, vitalize, animate
to revive; restore life to:
The spring rains quickened the earth.
Synonyms: vivify

to become more active, sensitive, etc.:
This drug causes the pulse to quicken.
to become alive; receive life.
(of the mother) to enter that stage of pregnancy in which the fetus gives indications of life.
(of a fetus in the womb) to begin to manifest signs of life.

quicken

/ ˈkwɪkən /

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

Origin of quicken¹

First recorded in 1250–1300, quicken is from the Middle English word quikenen. See quick, -en ¹

Quicken Loans moved its headquarters to downtown Detroit in 2010, and has invested a billion dollars in the years since.

Even Judy's appeals to "try and remember about Bombay" failed to quicken him.

The man did not live, nor could the occasion arrive, which would quicken his constitutional drawl.

The monk's eyes seemed to quicken, as though his interest in the outer world had suddenly revived.

I put the strongest in the rear, with orders to quicken the pace of the sluggards with the points of their bayonets in the back.

One wave will be mowed down and another will quicken the pace a trifle and take its place.

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