transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkwi-kən ]
verb
( quick·ened ; quick·en·ing ˈkwi-kə-niŋ, ˈkwik-niŋ)
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1.
a. : to make alive : revive
b. : to cause to be enlivened : stimulate
2. archaic
a. : kindle
b. : to cause to burn more intensely
3. : to make more rapid : hasten , accelerate
quicken ed her steps
4.
a. : to make (a curve) sharper
b. : to make (a slope) steeper
intransitive verb
1. : to quicken something
2. : to come to life ; especially : to enter into a phase of active growth and development
seeds quicken ing in the soil
3. : to reach the stage of gestation at which fetal motion is felt
4. : to shine more brightly
watched the dawn quicken ing in the east
5. : to become more rapid
her pulse quicken ed at the sight
• quick·en·er ˈkwi-kə-nər, ˈkwik-nər noun
Synonyms:
quicken , animate , enliven , vivify mean to make alive or lively. quicken stresses a sudden renewal of life or activity especially in something inert
the arrival of spring quickens the earth
animate emphasizes the imparting of motion or vitality to what is or might be mechanical or artificial
happiness animated his conversation
enliven suggests a stimulus that arouses from dullness or torpidity
enlivened her lectures with humorous anecdotes
vivify implies a freshening or energizing through renewal of vitality
new blood needed to vivify the dying club
Synonym: see in addition provoke .