quicken

quick·en  (kwkn)

v. quick·ened, quick·en·ing, quick·ens

v.tr.

1. To make more rapid; accelerate.

2. To make alive; vitalize.

3. To excite and stimulate; stir: Such stories quicken the imagination.

4. To make steeper.

v.intr.

1. To become more rapid. See Synonyms at speed.

2. To come or return to life: "And the weak spirit quickens" (T.S. Eliot).

3. To reach the stage of pregnancy when the fetus can be felt to move.

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quicken·er n.

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quicken

Verb

1. to make or become faster; accelerate

2. to impart to or receive vigour or enthusiasm: science quickens the imagination

3.

a. (of a fetus) to begin to show signs of life

b. (of a pregnant woman) to reach the stage of pregnancy at which movements of the fetus can be felt

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	quicken - move faster; "The car accelerated"   accelerate, speed up, speed brisk, brisk up, brisken - become brisk; "business brisked up" deepen, intensify - become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"
	2.	quicken - make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite" whet excite, stir, stimulate - stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
	3.	quicken - give life or energy to; "The cold water invigorated him" invigorate stimulate, excite - act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
	4.	quicken - show signs of life; "the fetus quickened" move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
	5.	quicken - give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" reanimate, recreate, revivify, vivify, revive, renovate, animate, repair energize, perk up, energise, stimulate, arouse, brace - cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" resuscitate, come to, revive - return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection"

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quicken

verb 1. speed up, hurry, accelerate, hasten, gee up (informal)

verb 2. stimulate, inspire, arouse, excite, strengthen, revive, refresh, activate, animate, rouse, incite, resuscitate, energize, revitalize, kindle, galvanize, invigorate, reinvigorate, vitalize, vivify

Translations

quicken [ˈkwɪkən] vt → apresurar

vi → apresurarse, darse prisa

quicken [ˈkwɪkən] vt → accélérer, presser (= rouse); stimuler

vi → s'accélérer, devenir plus rapide

quicken [ˈkwɪkən] quick vt → beschleunigen

vi → schneller werden, sich beschleunigen

quicken [ˈkwɪkn] vt → accelerare, affrettare (= rouse); animare, stimolare

vi → accelerare, affrettarsi