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ən verb (used with object)
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.
verb (used without object)
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.
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| —vb | |
| 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 | |
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Medical Dictionary
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.
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Example sentences
All this, it seemed to me, could only sharpen my eye and quicken my ear.
It helps quicken the ability to mimic without mastering concepts.
To quicken their watchfulness he promised rewards to the coast-guard patrol.
The old shell is an excellent source of minerals, so the lobster eats some of it to quicken the hardening of the new one.
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