[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster

            the mistress which i serve quickens what's dead.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

            like a fruitful garden without an hedge, that
            quickens the appetite to enjoy so tempting a prize.
                                                  -- south.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   syn: to revive; resuscitate; animate; reinvigorate; vivify;
        refresh; stimulate; sharpen; incite; hasten; accelerate;
        expedite; dispatch; speed.
        1913 webster
see also:
quickened quickening quick 

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