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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024quick•en /ˈkwɪkən/USA pronunciation v. - to (cause to) become more rapid;
accelerate;
hasten: [~ + object]She quickened her pace.[no object]Her pulse quickened. - to give liveliness to;
stimulate:[~ + object]to quicken the imagination. - Medicine[no object] (of a fetus in the womb) to begin to show signs of life.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024quick•en (kwik′ən),USA pronunciation v.t. - to make more rapid;
accelerate;
hasten:She quickened her pace. - to give or restore vigor or activity to;
stir up, rouse, or stimulate:to quicken the imagination. - to revive;
restore life to:The spring rains quickened the earth.
v.i. - to become more active, sensitive, etc.:This drug causes the pulse to quicken.
- Medicineto become alive;
receive life. - (of the mother) to enter that stage of pregnancy in which the fetus gives indications of life.
- Medicine(of a fetus in the womb) to begin to manifest signs of life.
- Middle English quikenen. See quick, -en1 1250–1300
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged animate, vitalize, enliven.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged vivify.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: quicken /ˈkwɪkən/ vb - to make or become faster; accelerate
- to impart to or receive vigour, enthusiasm, etc; stimulate or be stimulated: science quickens man's imagination
- to make or become alive; revive
- (of an unborn fetus) to begin to show signs of life
- (of a pregnant woman) to reach the stage of pregnancy at which movements of the fetus can be felt
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