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Grammar : Adj
Spell : kwik-uhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɪk ən



Definition of quickening

Origin :
  • c.1300, "come to life; give life to," from quick (adj.) + -en (1). Meaning "become faster" is from 1805. Related: Quickened; quickening. An earlier verb was simply quick (c.1200), from Old English gecwician.
  • adj stimulating
Example sentences :
  • Quickening the dead among them, reviving the cold and the doubting.
  • Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells
  • "We must hurry," she declared, quickening her own small steps.
  • Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley
  • Presently she brightened, turning to Mackenzie with quickening eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Flockmaster of Poison Creek » by George W. Ogden
  • From his vantage-point he had a clear view of the quickening rush of departure.
  • Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter
  • It has produced a regeneration, penetrating and quickening the whole.
  • Extract from : « Maxim Gorki » by Hans Ostwald
  • The objects are rinsed after quickening, and put in the depositing bath at once.
  • Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall
  • He was as cool as an iced melon, the drawl in his voice not quickening in the least.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
  • One of those pieces Clarence picked up with a quickening pulse.
  • Extract from : « A Waif of the Plains » by Bret Harte
  • For an instant Copplestone glanced back at him, a quickening in his dull eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Crooked House » by Brandon Fleming
  • It was all Arthur could do to keep from quickening the pace.
  • Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine

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