quicken

/'kwikən/
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quicken

A warm cup of tea can quicken your spirits on a cold afternoon.

Definition

  1. Verb (transitive):

    • To make something faster or accelerate its pace: To cause an increase in the speed or rate of something.
    • To stimulate, invigorate, or give new life or energy to: To make something more active, lively, or intense.
    • To arouse or sharpen a feeling or sense: To make a sensation, emotion, or appetite more acute.

  2. Verb (intransitive):

    • To become faster or accelerate: To increase in speed or pace.
    • To show signs of life or become more active: To become animated or lively.
    • (Archaic/Medical) To begin to show signs of fetal movement: For a pregnant woman to begin to feel the fetus move.
Usage Examples

  • Transitive Verb:

    • The news did nothing to quicken his steps. (The news did not make him walk faster.)
    • A good debate can quicken the mind. (A good debate can stimulate the mind.)
    • The spices will quicken your appetite. (The spices will sharpen your appetite.)

  • Intransitive Verb:

    • His pulse began to quicken with fear. (His pulse began to beat faster because of fear.)
    • Interest in the project quickened after the successful demo. (Interest in the project became more active after the successful demonstration.)
    • She quickened in her fifth month of pregnancy. (She began to feel fetal movement in her fifth month.)
Advanced Usage
  • "to quicken the pace": to increase the speed of an activity or process.
    • We need to quicken the pace of development to meet the deadline.
  • "to quicken one's interest": to stimulate or renew someone's interest.
    • The mysterious clue quickened the detective's interest in the case.
Variants and Related Words
  • Quick (adj): Moving fast or done at high speed; mentally agile.
    • She has a quick mind.
  • Quickening (n): The process of becoming faster or more lively; the first feeling of fetal movement.
    • The quickening of commerce was evident in the bustling market.
  • Quickener (n): (Rare) Something that quickens or enlivens.
Synonyms
  • Accelerate: To increase in speed.
  • Stimulate: To encourage or arouse activity or growth.
  • Enliven: To make more lively or cheerful.
  • Invigorate: To give strength or energy to.
  • Sharpen: To make or become more acute or intense.
Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "Quicken" is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. Its meanings are typically expressed directly.)

Related Idioms
  • "Quicken the blood": To excite or stir one's emotions or passions.
    • The sound of the drums quickened the blood of the warriors.
  • "The quick and the dead": (An idiom using the root word "quick" in its archaic sense meaning "alive.") Refers to all people, both the living and the dead.
    • This law applies to the quick and the dead.
quicken

A warm cup of tea can quicken your spirits on a cold afternoon.

Verb
  1. give new life or energy to
    • A hot soup will revive me
    • This will renovate my spirits
    • This treatment repaired my health
  2. show signs of life
    • the fetus quickened
  3. give life or energy to
    • The cold water invigorated him
  4. make keen or more acute
    • whet my appetite
  5. move faster
    • The car accelerated

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