Definitions for quickener
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
quick•enˈkwɪk ən(v.t.)
to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten:
She quickened her pace.
to give vigor to; stimulate:
to quicken the imagination.
to restore life to; revive:
The spring rains quickened the earth.
(v.i.)to become more rapid:
This drug causes the pulse to quicken.
to become alive.
Category: Medicine
to enter that stage of pregnancy in which the fetus gives indications of life.
Category: Medicine
(of a fetus in the womb) to begin to manifest signs of life.
Category: Medicine
Origin of quicken:
1250–1300
quick′en•er(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
quickener, invigorator, enlivener(noun)
an agent that gives or restores life or vigor
"the soul is the quickener of the body"
Wiktionary
quickener(Noun)
One who, or that which, quickens.
Webster Dictionary
Quickener(noun)
one who, or that which, quickens
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