quicken
/kwˈɪkʌn/
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Definitions
Verb
move faster; "The car accelerated"
Verb
make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite"
Verb
give life or energy to; "The cold water invigorated him"
Verb
show signs of life; "the fetus quickened"
Verb
give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
Synonyms
accelerate
animate
invigorate
reanimate
recreate
renovate
repair
revive
revivify
speed
speed up
vivify
whet