Quicken word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "quicken" word

[verb] give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
[verb] show signs of life; of a fetus
[verb] move faster; "The car accelerated"
[verb] give life or energy to; "The cold water invigorated him"
[verb] make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite"

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\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. The mistress which I serve quickens what's dead. --Shak. Like a fruitful garden without an hedge, that quickens the appetite to enjoy so tempting a prize. -- South. 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. 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. Syn: To revive; resuscitate; animate; reinvigorate; vivify; refresh; stimulate; sharpen; incite; hasten; accelerate; expedite; dispatch; speed.
\Quick"en\, v. i. 1. To come to life; to become alive; to become vivified or enlivened; hence, to exhibit signs of life; to move, as the fetus in the womb. The heart is the first part that quickens, and the last that dies. -- Ray. And keener lightnings quicken in her eye. --Pope. When the pale and bloodless east began To quicken to the sun. --Tennyson. 2. To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated; as, his pulse quickened.

Synonyms for quicken

accelerate, animate, invigorate, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, speed, speed up, vivify, whet

Antonyms: decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up

The fun area, different aproach to word »quicken«

Let's analyse "quicken" as pure text. This string has Seven letters in Three syllables and Three vowels. 42.9% of vowels is 4.3% more then average English word. Written in backwards: NEKCIUQ. Average typing speed for these characters is 1885 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: --.- ..- .. -.-. -.- . -.

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: quicken: 3 + 9 + 5 = 17, reduced: 8 . and the final result is Eight.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: quicken: 8 + 3 + 9 + 3 + 2 + 5 + 5 = 35, reduced: 8, and the final result is Eight.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
E (1)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
K (1)	11	Justice	Charismatic, Quick, Leader, Bold
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
Q (1)	17	Star	Hopeful, Pragmatic, Intuitive
U (1)	21	World	Gifted, Generous, Bountiful

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