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quick·en

(kwĭk′ən)

v. quick·ened, quick·en·ing, quick·ens

v.tr.

1. To make more rapid: Stress quickens the pulse.

2. To cause (a body or soul, for example) to become alive; vitalize.

3. To excite and stimulate; stir: Such stories quicken the imagination.

v.intr.

1. To become more rapid. See Synonyms at speed.

2. To come or return to life, as a soul.

3. To become excited or stimulated: Our interest in the project has quickened.

4. To reach the stage of pregnancy when the fetus can be felt to move.

quick′en·er n.

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quicken

(ˈkwɪkən)

1. to make or become faster; accelerate: he quickened his walk; her heartbeat quickened with excitement.

2. to impart to or receive vigour, enthusiasm, etc; stimulate or be stimulated: science quickens man's imagination.

3. to make or become alive; revive

4. (Gynaecology & Obstetrics)

a. (of an unborn fetus) to begin to show signs of life

b. (of a pregnant woman) to reach the stage of pregnancy at which movements of the fetus can be felt

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

quick•en

(ˈkwɪk ən)

v.t.

1. to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace.

2. to give vigor to; stimulate: to quicken the imagination.

3. to restore life to; revive: The spring rains quickened the earth.

v.i.

4. to become more rapid: This drug causes the pulse to quicken.

5. to become alive.

6. to enter that stage of pregnancy in which the fetus gives indications of life.

7. (of a fetus in the womb) to begin to manifest signs of life.

[1250–1300]

quick′en•er, n.

quicken

Past participle: quickened
Gerund: quickening

Imperative
quicken
quicken

Present
I quicken
you quicken
he/she/it quickens
we quicken
you quicken
they quicken

Preterite
I quickened
you quickened
he/she/it quickened
we quickened
you quickened
they quickened

Present Continuous
I am quickening
you are quickening
he/she/it is quickening
we are quickening
you are quickening
they are quickening

Present Perfect
I have quickened
you have quickened
he/she/it has quickened
we have quickened
you have quickened
they have quickened

Past Continuous
I was quickening
you were quickening
he/she/it was quickening
we were quickening
you were quickening
they were quickening

Past Perfect
I had quickened
you had quickened
he/she/it had quickened
we had quickened
you had quickened
they had quickened

Future
I will quicken
you will quicken
he/she/it will quicken
we will quicken
you will quicken
they will quicken

Future Perfect
I will have quickened
you will have quickened
he/she/it will have quickened
we will have quickened
you will have quickened
they will have quickened

Future Continuous
I will be quickening
you will be quickening
he/she/it will be quickening
we will be quickening
you will be quickening
they will be quickening

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been quickening
you have been quickening
he/she/it has been quickening
we have been quickening
you have been quickening
they have been quickening

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been quickening
you will have been quickening
he/she/it will have been quickening
we will have been quickening
you will have been quickening
they will have been quickening

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been quickening
you had been quickening
he/she/it had been quickening
we had been quickening
you had been quickening
they had been quickening

Conditional
I would quicken
you would quicken
he/she/it would quicken
we would quicken
you would quicken
they would quicken

Past Conditional
I would have quickened
you would have quickened
he/she/it would have quickened
we would have quickened
you would have quickened
they would have quickened

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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Verb	1.	quicken - move faster; "The car accelerated" accelerate, speed up, speed brisk, brisk up, brisken - become brisk; "business brisked up" deepen, intensify - become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"
	2.	quicken - make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite" whet excite, stir, stimulate - stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
	3.	quicken - give life or energy to; "The cold water invigorated him" invigorate stimulate, excite - act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
	4.	quicken - show signs of life; "the fetus quickened" move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
	5.	quicken - give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" reanimate, recreate, revivify, vivify, revive, renovate, animate, repair energize, perk up, energise, stimulate, arouse, brace - cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" resuscitate, come to, revive - return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection"

quicken

verb

1. speed up, hurry, accelerate, hasten, gee up (informal) He quickened his pace a little.

2. stimulate, inspire, arouse, excite, strengthen, revive, refresh, activate, animate, rouse, incite, resuscitate, energize, revitalize, kindle, galvanize, invigorate, reinvigorate, vitalize, vivify Thank you for quickening my spiritual understanding.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

quicken

verb

1. To increase the speed of:

accelerate, expedite, hasten, hurry, hustle, speed (up), step up.

2. To make alive:

animate, vitalize, vivify.

Translations

يُسَرِّعُ، يَحُثُّ

zrychlit

meggyorsít

hraîa

affrettare affrettarsi stimolare

raske på

zrýchliť sa

hızlan mak

加快

quicken

[ˈkwɪkən]

A. VT (= speed up) → acelerar, apresurar
to quicken one's pace → apretar or acelerar el paso

B. VI [breathing, pulse] → acelerarse; [interest] → acrecentarse, avivarse; [embryo] → empezar a moverse
the pace quickened → se aceleró el paso
men's hearts quickened whenever she appeared → cuando aparecía ella se les aceleraba el pulso a los hombres

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

quicken

[ˈkwɪkən]

(= speed up) → accélérer, presser
to quicken one's pace → presser le pas

(= rouse) [+ imagination, interest] → stimuler

vi [pulse, breathing, heartbeat] → s'accélérer
His pace quickened as he walked on through the forest → Son pas s'accéléra tandis qu'il traversait la forêt.
The pace quickens in Act 2 → Le rythme s'accélère à l'acte 2.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

quicken

(also quicken up) → beschleunigen

(liter: = make more lively) feelings → erhöhen; imagination → beflügeln (geh), → anregen

(also quicken up) → schneller werden, sich beschleunigen; the pace quickened → das Tempo nahm zu

(liter, hope, interest) → wachsen; (foetus) → sich bewegen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

quicken

[ˈkwɪk/ən]

1. vt → affrettare, accelerare (fig) (feelings) → stimolare
to quicken one's pace → affrettare or allungare il passo

2. vi the pace quickened → il ritmo divenne più veloce

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

quick

(kwik) adjective

1. done, said, finished etc in a short time. a quick trip into town.

2. moving, or able to move, with speed. He's a very quick walker; I made a grab at the dog, but it was too quick for me.

3. doing something, able to do something, or done, without delay; prompt; lively. He is always quick to help; a quick answer; He's very quick at arithmetic.

adverb

quickly. quick-frozen food.

ˈquickly adverb

ˈquicken verb

to make or become quicker. He quickened his pace.

ˈquickness noun

ˈquicklime noun

lime which has not been mixed with water.

ˈquicksands noun plural

(an area of) loose, wet sand that sucks in anyone or anything that stands on it.

ˈquicksilver noun

mercury.

ˌquick-ˈtempered adjective

easily made angry.

ˌquick-ˈwitted adjective

thinking very quickly. a quick-witted policeman.

ˌquick-ˈwittedly adverb

ˌquick-ˈwittedness noun

quicken

v. acelerar; animar, avivar, estimular.

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From the ship, the smoke of the torments of the boiling whale is going up like the smoke over a village of smithies; and to windward, a black cloud, rising up with earnest of squalls and rains, seems to quicken the activity of the excited seamen.

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He urged on his mare, and to his delight felt that she easily quickened her pace, and the thud of Gladiator's hoofs was again heard at the same distance away.

She quickened her pace and rose smoothly, just as he had fancied she would, and as she left the ground gave herself up to the force of her rush, which carried her far beyond the ditch; and with the same rhythm, without effort, with the same leg forward, Frou-Frou fell back into her pace again.

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See if I do not prick your neck with my sting." The Draught-Mule replied, "I do not heed your threats; I only care for him who sits above you, and who quickens my pace with his whip, or holds me back with the reins.

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But whenever my consciousness was quickened, all those early friends were quickened within it, and in some strange way they accompanied me through all my new experiences.

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But they were passing the church now, and as his eye caught the clock, he quickened his pace.

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The music quickened, and the cats quickened their pace with it.

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She quickened her pace here, as though distrustful of being stopped, and robbed of such trifling property as she carried with her.

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Quickened his step, and why He looked upon the garish day

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The frosty ground creaked beneath her feet, and she trembled at the sound; every quaking leaf and fluttering shadow sent the blood backward to her heart, and quickened her footsteps.

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Competition, by threatening to lessen their profits, had quickened their wits, roused their energies, and made them turn every favorable chance to the best advantage; so that, on assembling at their respective places of rendezvous, each company found itself in possession of a rich stock of peltries.

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Jimmie made an impatient gesture and quickened his pace.

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