| VERB | change | quicken, accelerate, speed up, speed | move faster |
|---|---|---|---|
| perception | quicken, whet | make keen or more acute | |
| change | quicken, invigorate | give life or energy to | |
| body | quicken | show signs of life | |
| body | quicken, animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, vivify, revivify | give new life or energy to |
| Sounds | kwih'kahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Move faster. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | accelerate, speed up, speed | |
| Narrower | brisk, brisk up, brisken | Become brisk |
| Broader | intensify, deepen | Become more intense |
| Opposite | decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard | Lose velocity |
| Spanish | acelerar, activar, agilizar, aligerar, apresurar | |
| Catalan | accelerar, activar, alleugerir, apressar, cuitar, fomentar | |
| Nouns | quickening | the act of accelerating |
| Meaning | make keen or more acute. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | whet | |
| Broader | stimulate, excite, stir | Stir feelings in |
| Spanish | acelerar, afilar, aguzar, despertar | |
| Catalan | afilar, aguditzar, agusar, despertar | |
| Meaning | Give life or energy to. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | invigorate | |
| Broader | stimulate, excite | act as a stimulant |
| Nouns | quickener | an agent that gives or restores life or vigor |
| Meaning | show signs of life. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "the fetus quickened" | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Catalan | accelerar, moure's | |
| Nouns | quickening | the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus |
| Meaning | Give new life or energy to. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, vivify, revivify | |
| Broader | stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up | Cause to be alert and energetic |
| Similar to | come to, revive, resuscitate | Return to consciousness |
| Spanish | reanimar, reavivar, revivificar | |
| Catalan | reanimar, reavivar, revivificar | |
| Nouns | quickener | an agent that gives or restores life or vigor |
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