Quicken — Defs

01 v. t. To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.

imp. & p. p. quickened; p. pr. & vb. n. Quickening

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.
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.(Shipbuilding)

02 v. i. 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.

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.