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quickened |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quicken \Quick"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {quickened}; p. pr & vb n. {Quickening}.] [AS. cwician See {Quick}, a.] 1. To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence to excite; to stimulate; to incite. The mistress which I serve quickens what's dead. --Shak. Like a fruitful garden without an hedge, that quickens the appetite to enjoy so tempting a prize. -- South. 2. 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. 3. (Shipbuilding) 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. Syn: To revive; resuscitate; animate; reinvigorate; vivify; refresh; stimulate; sharpen; incite; hasten; accelerate; expedite; dispatch; speed.
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