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