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US
/ˈkwɪkən/
]
[ UK /kwˈɪkən/ ]
[ UK /kwˈɪkən/ ]
VERB
-
give life or energy to
The cold water invigorated him -
move faster
The car accelerated -
make keen or more acute
whet my appetite -
give new life or energy to
This treatment repaired my health
This will renovate my spirits
A hot soup will revive me -
show signs of life
the fetus quickened
How To Use quicken In A Sentence
- Once he hit his stride he quickened well. The Sun
- The runners have noticeably quickened their pace.
- Romoeuf, riding a franc etrier, on that old Herb-merchant's route, quickened during the last stages, has got to Varennes; where the Ten thousand now furiously demand, with fury of panic terror, that Royalty shall forthwith return Paris-ward, that there be not infinite bloodshed. The French Revolution
- Blue Coat began life in 1996 as CacheFlow Inc., which sold appliances to businesses that quicken Web-page delivery, among other things. U.S. Firm Acknowledges Syria Uses Its Gear to Block Web
- In the late 1850s the speed of technological change quickened.
- They have to quicken up their rate of work to fulfil the production quota.
- Eve quickened her pace as she heard the distant roar of an engine pulling up into the driveway.
- He bustled Ouija Board into fifth soon after the start and held his position until the field quickened down the back stretch.
- Christ was quickened, that is to say, was active, in His own spirit state, although His body was inert and in reality dead at the time; and that _in_ that disembodied state He went and preached to the disobedient spirits. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern
- The air—"translucent as wine," hymned one poet—quickens the heart. City of Peace—and War