Quicken
WordNet

verb


(1)   Give new life or energy to
"A hot soup will revive me"
"This will renovate my spirits"
"This treatment repaired my health"
(2)   Show signs of life
"The fetus quickened"
(3)   Move faster
"The car accelerated"
(4)   Give life or energy to
"The cold water invigorated him"
(5)   Make keen or more acute
"Whet my appetite"
WiktionaryText

Verb



  1. To make something quicker; to become quicker.
    I quickened my pace when I heard him approach.
    I quickened when I heard him approach.
  2. To give life to; to come to life.
 
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