 quicken |
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| 1. | [ verb ] move faster | |
| Synonyms: | accelerate speed speed_up | |
| Examples: | "The car accelerated" |
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| Related terms: | decelerate intensify brisk speed acceleration | |
| 2. | [ verb ] show signs of life; of a fetus | |
| Related terms: | move quickening | |
| 3. | [ verb ] give life or energy to | |
| Synonyms: | invigorate | |
| Examples: | "The cold water invigorated him" |
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| Related terms: | stimulate animation | |
| 4. | [ verb ] make keen or more acute | |
| Synonyms: | whet | |
| Examples: | "whet my appetite" |
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| Related terms: | stimulate | |
| 5. | [ verb ] give new life or energy to | |
| Synonyms: | revive recreate vivify revivify renovate animate repair reanimate enliven | |
| Examples: | "A hot soup will revive me" "This will renovate my spirits" "This treatment repaired my health" |
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| Related terms: | stimulate come_to revival refreshment | |
| 6. | [ verb ] give new life or energy to | |
| Synonyms: | revive recreate vivify reanimate revivify animate | |
| Examples: | "A hot soup will revive me" |
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| Related terms: | stimulate | |
| Similar spelling: |
quechuan |
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