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May 27, 2012
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quick•en



Pronunciation: (kwik'un), [key]
—v.t.
1. to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace.
2. to give or restore vigor or activity to; stir up, rouse, or stimulate: to quicken the imagination.
3. to revive; restore life to: The spring rains quickened the earth.

—v.i.
1. to become more active, sensitive, etc.: This drug causes the pulse to quicken.
2. to become alive; receive life.
3. (of the mother) to enter that stage of pregnancy in which the fetus gives indications of life.
4. (of a fetus in the womb) to begin to manifest signs of life.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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