quicken

Part of speech: noun

Quickener.

Part of speech: verb

To make or become alive.

Part of speech: verb

To make quicker; accelerate.

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Usage examples "quicken":

  1. It was only for a moment that she looked, but I felt the beat of my heart quicken. - "The Coming of the King", James Hocking.
  2. The very sharpness of the contrast used to quicken his sense of pleasure. - "The Picture of Dorian Gray", Oscar Wilde.
  3. It is equally essential that we use public funds to assist families of low income who could not otherwise enjoy adequate housing, and that we quicken our rate of progress in rural housing. - "Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present", Various.