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Rarequicken
The correct spelling is quicken.
How to pronounce quicken
verb
IPA: /ˈkwɪkən/
Say it like: Kwi-ken
The correct spelling is quicken. To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive. For example: "My heartbeat quickened when I heard him approach."
Usage Examples
“My heartbeat quickened when I heard him approach.”
“to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive.
- 2.To come back to life, receive life.
- 3.To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be roused, excited.
- 4.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.
- 5.To make quicker; to hasten, speed up.
noun
- 1.The European rowan, Sorbus aucuparia.
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