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quicken

DEFINITIONS OF: quicken

1

v move faster

Synonyms:
accelerate, speed, speed up
Antonyms:
decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up
lose velocity; move more slowly
Types:
brisk, brisk up, brisken
become brisk
Type of:
deepen, intensify
become more intense

v make keen or more acute

Synonyms:
whet
Type of:
excite, stimulate, stir
stir feelings in

v give life or energy to

Synonyms:
invigorate
Type of:
excite, stimulate
act as a stimulant

v give new life or energy to

Synonyms:
animate, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify
come to, resuscitate, revive
return to consciousness
Type of:
arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate
cause to be alert and energetic

v show signs of life

“the fetus quickened”
Type of:
move
move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
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