quicken

Etymology 1
From, from +. is derived from, from (ultimately from  and ) +. The English word may be analysed as.



Verb

 * 1) To put (someone or something) in a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to excite, to rouse.
 * 2) To inspire or stimulate (an action, a feeling, etc.).
 * 3) To stimulate or assist the fermentation of (an alcoholic beverage, dough, etc.).
 * 4)  To give life to (someone or something never alive or once dead); to animate, to resurrect, to revive.
 * 5)  To make or help (something) to burn.
 * 6) To make (a drug, liquor, etc.) more effective or stimulating.
 * 7)  Of a pregnant woman: to be in the state of reaching the stage of pregnancy at which the movements of the foetus are first felt.
 * 8) To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be excited or roused.
 * 9) To grow bright; to brighten.
 * 10) Of an alcoholic beverage, dough, etc.: to ferment.
 * 11)  Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy at which this takes place; of a foetus: to begin to move.
 * 12) To give life; to make alive.
 * 13) To come back to life, to receive life.
 * 14)  To inspire or stimulate.
 * 15)  To make (something) quicker or faster; to hasten, speed up.
 * 16)  To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper, or (an incline) steeper.
 * 17)  To become quicker or faster.
 * 1)  To make or help (something) to burn.
 * 2) To make (a drug, liquor, etc.) more effective or stimulating.
 * 3)  Of a pregnant woman: to be in the state of reaching the stage of pregnancy at which the movements of the foetus are first felt.
 * 4) To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be excited or roused.
 * 5) To grow bright; to brighten.
 * 6) Of an alcoholic beverage, dough, etc.: to ferment.
 * 7)  Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy at which this takes place; of a foetus: to begin to move.
 * 8) To give life; to make alive.
 * 9) To come back to life, to receive life.
 * 10)  To inspire or stimulate.
 * 11)  To make (something) quicker or faster; to hasten, speed up.
 * 12)  To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper, or (an incline) steeper.
 * 13)  To become quicker or faster.
 * 1) To grow bright; to brighten.
 * 2) Of an alcoholic beverage, dough, etc.: to ferment.
 * 3)  Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy at which this takes place; of a foetus: to begin to move.
 * 4) To give life; to make alive.
 * 5) To come back to life, to receive life.
 * 6)  To inspire or stimulate.
 * 7)  To make (something) quicker or faster; to hasten, speed up.
 * 8)  To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper, or (an incline) steeper.
 * 9)  To become quicker or faster.
 * 1) To give life; to make alive.
 * 2) To come back to life, to receive life.
 * 3)  To inspire or stimulate.
 * 4)  To make (something) quicker or faster; to hasten, speed up.
 * 5)  To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper, or (an incline) steeper.
 * 6)  To become quicker or faster.
 * 1)  To inspire or stimulate.
 * 2)  To make (something) quicker or faster; to hasten, speed up.
 * 3)  To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper, or (an incline) steeper.
 * 4)  To become quicker or faster.
 * 1)  To make (something) quicker or faster; to hasten, speed up.
 * 2)  To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper, or (an incline) steeper.
 * 3)  To become quicker or faster.
 * 1)  To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper, or (an incline) steeper.
 * 2)  To become quicker or faster.
 * 1)  To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper, or (an incline) steeper.
 * 2)  To become quicker or faster.
 * 1)  To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper, or (an incline) steeper.
 * 2)  To become quicker or faster.
 * 1)  To become quicker or faster.

Translations

 * Arabic: أَحْيَا
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: （使）复原, 使有活力
 * Finnish:, herättää henkiin
 * Georgian: გამოცოცხლება, გაცოცხლება
 * Russian:


 * Arabic: سَرَّعَ
 * Belarusian: паскара́ць, паско́рыць
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish:, pikaistaa,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: დაჩქარება, ასწრაფება
 * Latin: accelerō
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: приско́рювати, приско́рити


 * Irish: géaraigh

Etymology 2
From.

Verb

 * 1)  To apply quicksilver (mercury) to (something); to combine (something) with quicksilver; to quicksilver.

Etymology 3


From, possibly from (see etymology 1).

Noun

 * 1)  In full quicken tree: the European rowan, rowan, or mountain ash.

Etymology 4


From, a variant of , (whence modern 🇨🇬, ; the -en element remains unexplained), from , ultimately from ; see further at etymology 1.

Noun

 * 1)   (“a species of grass, ”); also, the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to come to life