Definitions for quicken

Definitions for (verb) quicken

Main entry: revive, revivify, recreate, renovate, repair, quicken, reanimate, vivify, animate

Definition: give new life or energy to

Usage: A hot soup will revive me; This will renovate my spirits; This treatment repaired my health


Main entry: quicken

Definition: show signs of life

Usage: the fetus quickened


Main entry: speed, speed up, accelerate, quicken

Definition: move faster

Usage: The car accelerated


Main entry: invigorate, quicken

Definition: give life or energy to

Usage: The cold water invigorated him


Main entry: whet, quicken

Definition: make keen or more acute

Usage: whet my appetite


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