English-Thai Dictionary

quicken

VI(ทารกในครรภ์  เริ่ม ดิ้น  roem-din

 

quicken

VI ทำให้ มีชีวิตชีวา ขึ้น  animate revive enliven tam-hai-me-che-wid-che-wa

 

quicken

VT กระตุ้น  เร้า  hurry hasten accelerate stir rouse kra-tuan

 

quicken

VT ฟื้นฟู  fuan-fu

 

quicken up

PHRV ขยับ สูง ขึ้น  เคลื่อน ไป เร็ว ขึ้น  speed up ka-yab-suang-kuan

 

quicken with

PHRV เร่งเร้า  เร่ง ให้ เร็ว  rang-rao

 

quickener

N ผู้ กระตุ้น  phu-kra-tuan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUICKEN

v.t.quik'n. 1. Primarily, to make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state. Romans 4:17.
Hence flocks and herds, and men and beasts and fowls, with breath are quicken'd and attract their souls.
2. To make alive in a spiritual sense; to communicate a principle of grace to.
You hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins. Ephesians 2:1.
3. To hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken motion, speed or flight.
4. To sharpen; to give keener perception to; to stimulate; to incite; as, to quicken the appetite or taste; to quicken desires.
5. To revive; to cheer; to reinvigorate; to refresh by new supplies of comfort or grace. Psalm 119:25.

 

QUICKEN

v.i.quik'n. 1. To become alive.
The heart is the first part that quickens, and the last that dies.
2. To move with rapidity or activity.
And keener lightning quickens in her eye.

 

QUICKENED

pp. 1. Made alive; revived; vivified; reinvigorated.
2. Accelerated; hastened.
3. Stimulated; incited.

 

QUICKENER

n. 1. One who revives, vivifies, or communicates life.
2. That which reinvigorates.
3. That which accelerates motion or increases activity.

 

QUICKENING

ppr. Giving life; accelerating; inciting.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

QUICKEN

Quick "en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. quickened; p. pr. & vb. n. Quickening. ]Etym: [AS. cwician. See Quick, a.]

 

1. To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite. The mistress which I serve quickens what's dead. Shak. Like a fruitful garden without an hedge, that quickens the appetite to enjoy so tempting a prize. South.

 

2. To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts; to quicken one's departure or speed.

 

3. (Shipbuilding )

 

Defn: To shorten the radius of (a curve ); to make (a curve ) sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced.

 

Syn. -- To revive; resuscitate; animate; reinvigorate; vivify; refresh; stimulate; sharpen; incite; hasten; accelerate; expedite; dispatch; speed.

 

QUICKEN

QUICKEN Quick "en, v. i.

 

1. To come to life; to become alive; to become vivified or enlivened; hence, to exhibit signs of life; to move, as the fetus in the womb. The heart is the first part that quickens, and the last that dies. Ray. And keener lightnings quicken in her eye. Pope. When the pale and bloodless east began To quicken to the sun. Tennyson.

 

2. To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated; as, his pulse quickened.

 

QUICKENER

QUICKENER Quick "en *er, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, quickens.

 

QUICKENING

QUICKENING Quick "en *ing, n.

 

1. The act or process of making or of becoming quick.

 

2. (Physiol.)

 

Defn: The first motion of the fetus in the womb felt by the mother, occurring usually about the middle of the term of pregnancy. It has been popularly supposed to be due to the fetus becoming possessed of independent life.

 

QUICKENS

QUICKENS Quick "ens, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Quitch grass.

 

QUICKEN TREE

Quick "en tree `. Etym: [Probably from quick, and first applied to the aspen or some tree with quivering leaves; cf. G. quickenbaum, quizenbaum, quitschenbaum. Cf. Quitch grass. ] (Bot. )

 

Defn: The European rowan tree; -- called also quickbeam, and quickenbeam. See Rowan tree.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

quicken

quick en |ˈkwikən ˈkwɪkən | ▶verb 1 make or become faster or quicker: [ with obj. ] : she quickened her pace, desperate to escape | [ no obj. ] : I felt my pulse quicken. 2 [ no obj. ] spring to life; become animated: her interest quickened | (as adj. quickening ) : he looked with quickening curiosity through the smoke. • [ with obj. ] stimulate: the coroner's words suddenly quickened his own memories. • [ with obj. ] give or restore life to: on the third day after his death the human body of Jesus was quickened by the Spirit. • archaic (of a woman ) reach a stage in pregnancy when movements of the fetus can be felt. • archaic (of a fetus ) begin to show signs of life. • [ with obj. ] archaic make (a fire ) burn brighter.

 

Oxford Dictionary

quicken

quick ¦en |ˈkwɪk (ə )n | ▶verb 1 make or become faster or quicker: [ with obj. ] : she quickened her pace, desperate to escape | [ no obj. ] : I felt my pulse quicken. 2 stimulate or become stimulated: [ no obj. ] : her interest quickened | (as adj. quickening ) : he looked with quickening curiosity through the smoke. • [ with obj. ] give or restore life to: on the third day after his death the human body of Jesus was quickened by the Spirit. • [ with obj. ] archaic make (a fire ) burn brighter. 3 [ no obj. ] archaic (of a woman ) reach a stage in pregnancy when movements of the fetus can be felt. • (of a fetus ) begin to show signs of life.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

quicken

quicken verb 1 she quickened her pace: speed up, accelerate, step up, hasten, hurry (up ). 2 the film quickened his interest in nature: stimulate, excite, arouse, rouse, stir up, activate, galvanize, whet, inspire, kindle; invigorate, revive, revitalize.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

quicken

quicken verb 1 his pulse quickened | she unconsciously quickened her pace: speed up, accelerate, step up, hasten, hurry, hurry up; informal gee up. ANTONYMS slow. 2 the film quickened his interest in wild life: stimulate, excite, stir up, arouse, rouse, waken, animate, activate, incite, galvanize, instigate, whet, inspire, kindle, fan, refresh, strengthen, invigorate, reanimate, reactivate, revive, revitalize, resuscitate, revivify; titillate, tempt. ANTONYMS dull.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

quicken

quick en /kwɪ́k (ə )n /→quick 動詞 ～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～ing 他動詞 1 ｟書 ｠〈速度 〉を速める ; …を急がせる (up )(↔slow )▸ quicken one's pace [steps ]歩調を速める .2 ｟かたく ｠〈興味 感情など 〉を強くする, 活気づける ▸ My teacher's words quickened my interest in foreign languages .先生の言葉は僕の外国語への興味を刺激した ▸ quicken one's soul [spirit ]精神を鍛える 3 ｟古 文 ｠…を生き返らせる ; …を再び燃え上がらせる .自動詞 1 〈速度が 〉速くなる (up )▸ My heart [pulse ] quickened as I neared my destination .目的地に近づくにつれて私の鼓動 [脈 ]は高まった [速まった ]2 ｟かたく ｠〈興味 感情などが 〉強くなる, 活気づく .3 ｟古 文 ｠生き返る, 蘇 （よみがえ ）る .4 〈胎児が 〉胎動を始める; 〈妊婦が 〉胎動を感じる .

 

quickening

qu í ck en ing 名詞 U 胎動 .形容詞 ｟主に文 ｠早まりつつある .