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Quickened

To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive.

📖 Definitions of "Quickened"

verb
  1. 1

    To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive.

  2. 2

    To come back to life, receive life.

  3. 3

    To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be roused, excited.

  4. 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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speedverbThe 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.
acceleratedMoving or progressing faster than is usual.
expeditedArranged, executed or dispatched quickly or more efficiently.
fast-trackedverbAlternative 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.
stimulatedIn a condition or state of stimulation.
intensifiedan album by Desmond Dekker & the Aces released in 1970.

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