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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Quickbeam :: Quickbeam (n.) See Quicken tree.
Laving :: Laving (v. i.) Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening..
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..
Animate :: Animate (v. t.) To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body..
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..
Accelerate :: Accelerate (v. t.) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.
Appromt :: Appromt (v. t.) To quicken; to prompt.
Quickener :: Quickener (n.) One who, or that which, quickens..
Mission :: Mission (n.) A course of extraordinary sermons and services at a particular place and time for the special purpose of quickening the faith and zeal participants, and of converting unbelievers..
Quickens :: Quickens (n.) Quitch grass.
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.
Acuate :: Acuate (v. t.) To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken.
#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..
Vivify :: Vivify (v. t.) To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate.
Chirrup :: Chirrup (v. t.) To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup.
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..
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.
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