the quickening
By emily on June 26, 2022 2:58 pm
: to make alive : revive
: to cause to be enlivened : stimulate
archaic a : kindle
: to cause to burn more intensely
: to make more rapid : hasten, accelerate quickened her steps
: to make (a curve) sharper
: to make (a slope) steeper
intransitive verb
: to quicken something
: to come to life especially
: to enter into a phase of active growth and development seeds quickening in the soil
: to reach the stage of gestation at which fetal motion is felt
: to shine more brightly watched the dawn quickening in the east
: to become more rapid her pulse quickened at the sight
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