quicken meaning and definition

QUICKEN verb

Definition of quicken (verb)

1. move faster
   • "The car accelerated"
   • synonyms: accelerate, speed, speed up
   • antonym: decelerate
2. make keen or more acute
   • "whet my appetite"
   • synonyms: whet
3. give life or energy to
   • "The cold water invigorated him"
   • synonyms: invigorate
4. show signs of life
   • "the fetus quickened"
5. give new life or energy to
   • "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
   • synonyms: animate, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify