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Definition quicken

Etymology 1

From Middle English quikenen, equivalent to quick +‎ -en. Cognate Danish kvikne (�to quicken, revive�), Swedish kvickna (�to revive�), Icelandic kvikna (�to turn on, ignite�).

Verb

quicken (third-person singular simple present quickens, present participle quickening, simple past and past participle quickened)

1. (transitive, now literary) To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive. [from 14c.]
2. (intransitive, now literary) To come back to life, receive life. [from 14c.]
3. (intransitive) To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be roused, excited. [from 15c.]
4. (intransitive) 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. [from 16c.]
5. (transitive) To make quicker; to hasten, speed up. [from 17c.]
6. (intransitive) To become faster. [from 17c.]
7. (shipbuilding) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper.

Etymology 2

Apparently from quick, with uncertain final element.

Noun

quicken (plural quickens)

1. (now chiefly Northern England) The European rowan, Sorbus aucuparia. [from 15th c.]

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