Quicken

·vi To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated; as, his pulse quickened.

II. Quicken ·adj To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced.

III. Quicken ·vi To come to life; to become alive; to become vivified or enlivened; hence, to exhibit signs of life; to move, as the fetus in the womb.

IV. Quicken ·adj To make alive; to Vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to Incite.

V. Quicken ·adj To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional energy to; to Stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to Hasten; to Accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts; to quicken one's departure or speed.