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Synonyms
quick·en (kwĭḱən)

verb: -ened, -en·ing, -ens. 

transitive verb 

  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.

intransitive verb 

  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.

derivatives

quicḱen·er
noun