quicken

v. உயிர்ப்பி, உயிர்ப்பூட்டு, உயிர்ப்புறு, உயிர் பெற்றெழு, ஆன்மிக எழுச்சியூட்டு, விழிப்பூட்டு, எழுச்சி பெறு, ஊக்கமூட்டு, உயிர்த்தூண்டுதலளி, கொளுத்து, சூலுயிர்ப்புநிலையடை,விரைவுபடுத்து, விசையூட்டு, வேகம் பெருக்கு.

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Quick"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. quickened; p. pr. & vb. n. Quickening.] Etym: [AS. cwician. See Quick, a.] 1. To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite. The mistress which I serve quickens what's dead. Shak. Like a fruitful garden without an hedge, that quickens the appetite to enjoy so tempting a prize. South. 2. 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. 3. (Shipbuilding) Defn: 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. Syn. -- To revive; resuscitate; animate; reinvigorate; vivify; refresh; stimulate; sharpen; incite; hasten; accelerate; expedite; dispatch; speed. Quick"en, v. i. 1. 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. The heart is the first part that quickens, and the last that dies. Ray. And keener lightnings quicken in her eye. Pope. When the pale and bloodless east began To quicken to the sun. Tennyson. 2. To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated; as, his pulse quickened.