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Quickbeam :: Quickbeam (n.) See Quicken tree.

Acuate :: Acuate (v. t.) To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken.

Quicken :: Quicken (v. i.) To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated; as, his pulse quickened..

#NAME? :: -en () A suffix signifying to make, to cause, used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives; as in strengthen, quicken, frighten. This must not be confused with -en corresponding in Old English to the AS. infinitive ending -an..

Quicken :: Quicken (v. i.) 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..

Requicken :: Requicken (v. t.) To quicken anew; to reanimate; to give new life to.

Quickening :: Quickening (n.) The first motion of the fetus in the womb felt by the mother, occurring usually about the middle of the term of pregnancy. It has been popularly supposed to be due to the fetus becoming possessed of independent life..

Accelerative :: Accelerative (a.) Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening.

Accelerate :: Accelerate (v. t.) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.

Animate :: Animate (v. t.) To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body..

Inspiration :: Inspiration (n.) The act or power of exercising an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions; the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates; as, the inspiration of occasion, of art, etc..

Quickening :: Quickening (n.) The act or process of making or of becoming quick.

Enliven :: Enliven (v. t.) To give life, action, or motion to; to make vigorous or active; to excite; to quicken; as, fresh fuel enlivens a fire..

Accelerate :: Accelerate (v. t.) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc..

Quicken :: Quicken (a.) 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..

Quickening :: Quickening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quicke.

Mend :: Mend (v. t.) To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace..

Wicken Tree :: Wicken tree () Same as Quicken tree.

Live :: Live (v. i.) To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith..

Chirrup :: Chirrup (v. t.) To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup.

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