Quicken - Definition
quicken
v 1: move faster; "The car accelerated" [syn: accelerate,
speed up, speed, quicken] [ant: decelerate,
retard, slow, slow down, slow up]
2: make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite" [syn: whet,
quicken]
3: give life or energy to; "The cold water invigorated him"
[syn: quicken, 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" [syn: animate, recreate, reanimate, revive,
renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify]