'Quicken' definitions:
Definition of 'quicken'
(from WordNet)
verb
Move faster; "The car accelerated" [syn: accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken] [ant: decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up]
verb
Make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite" [syn: whet, quicken]
verb
Give life or energy to; "The cold water invigorated him" [syn: quicken, invigorate]
verb
Show signs of life; "the fetus quickened"
verb
Definition of 'Quicken'
From: GCIDE
- Quicken \Quick"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. quickened; p. pr. & vb. n. Quickening.] [AS. cwician. See Quick, a.]
- 1. To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite. [1913 Webster]
- The mistress which I serve quickens what's dead. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Like a fruitful garden without an hedge, that quickens the appetite to enjoy so tempting a prize. -- South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Shipbuilding) 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. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To revive; resuscitate; animate; reinvigorate; vivify; refresh; stimulate; sharpen; incite; hasten; accelerate; expedite; dispatch; speed. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Quicken'
From: GCIDE
- Quicken \Quick"en\, v. i.
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- The heart is the first part that quickens, and the last that dies. -- Ray. [1913 Webster]
- And keener lightnings quicken in her eye. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- When the pale and bloodless east began To quicken to the sun. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated; as, his pulse quickened. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'quicken'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accelerate,
- activate,
- actuate,
- advance,
- advantage,
- aid,
- animate,
- arouse,
- awake,
- awaken,
- be begotten,
- be born,
- be incarnated,
- boost,
- brace,
- brace up,
- breathe life into,
- bring into being,
- bring into existence,
- bring to life,
- brisk,
- brisken,
- buck up,
- bundle,
- bustle,
- call into being,
- call into existence,
- cheer,
- chirk up,
- clear the way,
- come alive,
- come into being,
- come into existence,
- come to,
- come to life,
- conceive,
- conduce to,
- contribute to,
- crack on,
- crowd,
- cultivate,
- dispatch,
- drive on,
- dynamize,
- ease,
- electrify,
- encourage,
- endow with life,
- energize,
- enliven,
- excite,
- exhilarate,
- expedite,
- explain,
- facilitate,
- favor,
- fillip,
- fire,
- fortify,
- forward,
- fresh up,
- freshen,
- freshen up,
- further,
- gain ground,
- galvanize,
- give birth,
- give life to,
- goad,
- grease,
- grease the ways,
- grease the wheels,
- haste,
- hasten,
- hasten on,
- hearten,
- help along,
- hie on,
- hurry,
- hurry along,
- hurry on,
- hurry up,
- hustle,
- hustle up,
- induce,
- inflame,
- infuse life into,
- inspirit,
- invigorate,
- jazz up,
- kindle,
- lend wings to,
- live again,
- liven,
- loose,
- lubricate,
- make clear,
- make for,
- make sensitive,
- make way for,
- motivate,
- move,
- oil,
- open the throttle,
- open the way,
- open up,
- pave the way,
- pep up,
- perk up,
- pick up,
- pick up speed,
- pique,
- precipitate,
- prepare the way,
- press,
- promote,
- provoke,
- push,
- push forward,
- push on,
- push through,
- put forward,
- put on,
- put on steam,
- race,
- railroad through,
- reanimate,
- recreate,
- refine,
- refresh,
- refreshen,
- regale,
- reinvigorate,
- remove friction,
- renew,
- resurge,
- resuscitate,
- return to life,
- rev,
- revive,
- revivify,
- rise again,
- rouse,
- run interference for,
- rush,
- rush along,
- see the light,
- sensibilize,
- sensitize,
- set forward,
- set up,
- shake up,
- sharpen,
- simplify,
- smooth,
- smooth the way,
- snap up,
- soap the ways,
- spark,
- speed,
- speed along,
- speed up,
- spur,
- stampede,
- step on it,
- step up,
- stimulate,
- stir,
- unbar,
- unblock,
- unclog,
- unjam,
- urge,
- vitalize,
- vivify,
- wake,
- warm,
- whet,
- whip,
- whip along,
- zip up