quickenOverview of verb quicken1. accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken -- (move faster; "The car accelerated")2. whet, quicken -- (make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite") 3. quicken, invigorate -- (give life or energy to; "The cold water invigorated him") 4. quicken -- (show signs of life; "the fetus quickened") 5. animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify -- (give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health") Made possible by Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010. http://wordnet.princeton.edu |