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quicken

verb

give new life or energy to

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Word Facts

Word length
7
Starts with
Q
Ends with
N
Contains
UI
Scrabble score
22
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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verb

  1. give new life or energy to

    “A hot soup will revive me”

verb

  1. show signs of life

    “the fetus quickened”

verb

  1. move faster

    “The car accelerated”

verb

  1. give life or energy to

    “The cold water invigorated him”

verb

  1. make keen or more acute

    “whet my appetite”

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Example Sentences

A hot soup will revive me
This will renovate my spirits
This treatment repaired my health
the fetus quickened
The car accelerated
The cold water invigorated him
whet my appetite

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