[kwik-uh
n] 
| 1. | to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace. |
| 2. | to give or restore vigor or activity to; stir up, rouse, or stimulate: to quicken the imagination. |
| 3. | to revive; restore life to: The spring rains quickened the earth. |
| 4. | to become more active, sensitive, etc.: This drug causes the pulse to quicken. |
| 5. | to become alive; receive life. |
| 6. | (of the mother) to enter that stage of pregnancy in which the fetus gives indications of life. |
| 7. | (of a fetus in the womb) to begin to manifest signs of life. |
| quick·en (kwĭk'ən) v. quick·ened, quick·en·ing, quick·ens v. tr.
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quicken quick·en (kwĭk'ən)
v. quick·ened, quick·en·ing, quick·ens
To become more rapid.
To reach the stage of pregnancy when the fetus can be felt to move.
