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Webster 1913 Edition
Quicken
Quick′en
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
quickened
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Quickening
.] 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. Shakespeare
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.
Quick′en
,Verb.
I.
1.
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.
The heart is the first part that
quickens
, and the last that dies. Ray.
And keener lightnings
quicken
in her eye. Pope.
When the pale and bloodless east began
To
To
quicken
to the sun. Tennyson.
2.
To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated;
as, his pulse
. quickened
Webster 1828 Edition
Quicken
QUICKEN
,Verb.
T.
1.
Primarily, to make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state. Rom. 4.Hence flocks and herds, and men and beasts and fowls, with breath are quicken'd and attract their souls.
2.
To make alive in a spiritual sense; to communicate a principle of grace to.You hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins. Eph. 2.
3.
To hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken motion, speed or flight.4.
To sharpen; to give keener perception to; to stimulate; to incite; as, to quicken the appetite or taste; to quicken desires.5.
To revive; to cheer; to reinvigorate; to refresh by new supplies of comfort or grace. Ps. 119.QUICKEN
,Verb.
I.
1.
To become alive.The heart is the first part that quickens, and the last that dies.
2.
To move with rapidity or activity.And keener lightning quickens in her eye.