QUICKENS

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Definition

verb

To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive.
To come back to life, receive life.
To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be roused, excited.
Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy at which this takes place; of a foetus: to begin to move.
To make quicker; to hasten, speed up.

noun