quickening verb
quick·en
The verb form of quickening is quicken
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- verb with object quickening to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace. 1
- verb with object quickening to give or restore vigor or activity to; stir up, rouse, or stimulate: to quicken the imagination. 1
- verb with object quickening to revive; restore life to: The spring rains quickened the earth. 1
- verb without object quickening to become more active, sensitive, etc.: This drug causes the pulse to quicken. 1
- verb without object quickening to become alive; receive life. 1
- verb without object quickening (of the mother) to enter that stage of pregnancy in which the fetus gives indications of life. 1
- verb without object quickening (of a fetus in the womb) to begin to manifest signs of life. 1