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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUICKENING

ppr. Giving life; accelerating; inciting.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

quickening

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