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Meanings of quicken in English

Portuguese
dar ação
Catalan
reanimar

Give new life or energy to.

      dar ação
      Portuguese
      acelerar
      Catalan
      activar
      Spanish
      acelerar

      Move faster.

          acelerar
          Catalan
          despertar
          Spanish
          acelerar

          Make keen or more acute.

                despertar

                Give life or energy to.

                      Usage of quicken in English
                      1
                      An illogical, unreasoning hope began to quicken his heart as he dressed.
                      Revolutionary Road
                      2
                      He perished in body so as to quicken others by the spirit.
                      Some Answered Questions
                      3
                      Often trumpets sounded and the motion of the troops seemed to quicken.
                      The Forest of Swords: A Story of Paris and the Marne
                      4
                      Behold I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy justice.
                      The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
                      5
                      Here the most favorable event happened to quicken and encourage their advance.
                      The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part E. / From...
                      6
                      Regret and guilt pulled her shoulder muscles together, made her heartbeat quicken.
                      Sushi for one?
                      7
                      When I wished to quicken his gait, the horse broke at once.
                      Parisian Points of View
                      8
                      The thought of this made her quicken her pace to a run.
                      Lizzy Glenn; Or, The Trials of a Seamstress
                      9
                      Every successive season served to quicken the pulses of this growing hatred.
                      Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol...
                      10
                      I felt my pulse quicken, and I knew he could tell, too.
                      Dead to the world
                      11
                      But as the momentum started to quicken, patience and precision were abandoned.
                      The Irish Times
                      12
                      Smith said, and he felt the beat of his heart perceptibly quicken.
                      White Ashes
                      13
                      The delay caused by this conversation induced Wolf to quicken his pace.
                      Barbara Blomberg — Volume 05
                      14
                      As your adrenaline pumps, your heart beats faster, and your reactions quicken.
                      BBC
                      15
                      I noticed a passing couple quicken their pace, despite the glassy sidewalk.
                      Death du Jour
                      16
                      Mercedes, fearful of losing the race, vainly told him to quicken up.
                      The Guardian
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                      Translations for quicken
                      Quicken through the time
                      Quicken across language varieties
                      United Kingdom
                      Common
                      United States of America
                      Common