quicken (v.)

  1. move faster; The car accelerated

    [ Syn: accelerate , speed up , speed ]

  2. make keen or more acute; whet my appetite

    [ Syn: whet ]

  3. give life or energy to; The cold water invigorated him

    [ Syn: invigorate ]

  4. show signs of life; the fetus quickened'

  5. give new life or energy to; A hot soup will revive me; This will renovate my spirits; This treatment repaired my health

    [ Syn: animate , recreate , reanimate , revive , renovate , repair , vivify , revivify ]

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