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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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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.
quickening n.
The initial signs of fetal life felt by the mother as a result of the movements by the fetus.
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