Definizione monolingua

quicken

quicken (third-person singular simple present quickens, present participle quickening, simple past and past participle quickened)

1. (transitive, now literary) To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive. [from 14th c.]
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke XVII:

     Whosoever will goo about to save his lyfe, shall loose it: And whosoever shall loose his life, shall quycken it.

2. (intransitive, now literary) To come back to life, receive life. [from 14th c.]
3. (intransitive) To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be roused, excited. [from 15th c.]
   • 1910, ‘Saki’, ""The Lost Sanjak"", Reginald in Russia:

     The Chaplains interest in the story visibly quickened.

4. (transitive) To make quicker; to hasten, speed up. [from 17th c.]
   • 2000, George RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p. 47:

     That day Arya quickened their pace, keeping the horses to a trot as long as she dared, and sometimes spurring to a gallop when she spied a flat stretch of field before them.

5. (intransitive) To become faster. [from 17th c.]

   My heartbeat quickened when I heard him approach.

quicken (plural quickens)

1. The European rowan tree.

Definizione dizionario quicken

accelerare

affrettare

affrettarsi

animare

rianimare

stimolare

Altri significati:

(intransitive, now literary) To come back to life, receive life. [from 14th c.]

(transitive) To make quicker; to hasten, speed up. [from 17th c.]

(transitive, now literary) To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive. [from 14th c.]

invite (attention to)

(intransitive) To become faster. [from 17th c.]