📖 Definitions of "Quickened"
verb
- 1
To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive.
- 2
To come back to life, receive life.
- 3
To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be roused, excited.
- 4
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.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Quickened"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| speedverb | The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion. |
| accelerateverb | (transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of. |
| speed upverb | (idiomatic, intransitive) To accelerate; to increase speed. |
| invigorateverb | (transitive) To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to. |
| vivifyverb | (transitive) To bring to life; to enliven. |
| animateverb | (transitive) To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit. |
| recreateverb | (reflexive) To enjoy or entertain oneself. |
| revivifyverb | (transitive) To reanimate, bring back to life. |
| reviveverb | (transitive) (figurative) To cause (something) to recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to make (something) active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize. |
| reanimateverb | (ambitransitive) To restore (someone or something) to animation or life; to come back to animation or life. |
| whetverb | (transitive) To stimulate or make more keen. |
| accelerated | Moving or progressing faster than is usual. |
| expedited | Arranged, executed or dispatched quickly or more efficiently. |
| fast-trackedverb | Alternative spelling of fast track. [To progress something with unusual rapidity.] |
| hastenedverb | (intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion. |
| spednoun | (slang, derogatory, offensive) A special education student. |
| speeded | (of a test) Measured in terms of speed. |
| revvedverb | (ergative) To increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed. |
| stimulated | In a condition or state of stimulation. |
| intensified | an album by Desmond Dekker & the Aces released in 1970. |
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