1. (

• quickening

) the process of showing signs of life; "the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain" ;

2. (

• quickening

) the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus ;

3. (

• acceleration ,
• quickening ,
• speedup

) the act of accelerating; increasing the speed ;

1. (

• accelerate ,
• speed_up ,
• speed ,
• quicken ,

) move faster; "The car accelerated" ;

2. (

• whet ,
• quicken

) make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite" ;

3. (

• quicken ,
• invigorate ,

) give life or energy to; "The cold water invigorated him" ;

4. (

• quicken ,

) show signs of life; "the fetus quickened" ;

5. (

• animate ,
• recreate ,
• reanimate ,
• revive ,
• renovate ,
• repair ,
• quicken ,
• vivify ,
• revivify

) give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" ;