Definition of quicken

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Quicken (a.) 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..

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Wicken Tree :: Wicken tree () Same as Quicken tree.
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..
Quickens :: Quickens (n.) Quitch grass.
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..
Enquicken :: Enquicken (v. t.) To quicken; to make alive.
Quicken :: Quicken (a.) To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite..
Quick :: Quick (v. t. & i.) To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive.
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..
Vivify :: Vivify (v. t.) To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate.
Quickbeam :: Quickbeam (n.) See Quicken tree.
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..
Quicken :: Quicken (a.) 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..
Accelerative :: Accelerative (a.) Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening.
Quicken Tree :: Quicken tree () The European rowan tree; -- called also quickbeam, and quickenbeam. See Rowan tree..
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..
Quickener :: Quickener (n.) One who, or that which, quickens..
Forward :: Forward (v. t.) To help onward; to advance; to promote; to accelerate; to quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant; to forward one in improvement..
Requicken :: Requicken (v. t.) To quicken anew; to reanimate; to give new life to.
Animate :: Animate (v. t.) To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body..
Accelerate :: Accelerate (v. t.) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.
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