Word

quicken, v.
(quickened, quickening, quickens)
freq. cnt. 3

move faster
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accelerate quicken speed speed up

sample sentences

"The car accelerated"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

acceleratory accelerative

antonym

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

speed speed speed

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hyponym

brisk, brisk up, brisken

hypernym

intensify, deepen

give new life or energy to
<verb.body> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2

animate quicken reanimate recreate renovate repair revive revivify vivify

sample sentences

"A hot soup will revive me"
"This will renovate my spirits"
"This treatment repaired my health"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

stimulate, arouse, energize, brace, energise, perk up

verb group

come to, revive, resuscitate

show signs of life
<verb.body>

quicken

sample sentences

"the fetus quickened"

verb frames

Somebody ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

give life or energy to
<verb.change>

invigorate quicken

sample sentences

"The cold water invigorated him"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

invigoration invigoration

semantic pointers

hypernym

stimulate, excite

make keen or more acute
<verb.perception> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

quicken whet

sample sentences

"whet my appetite"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

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semantic pointers

hypernym

stir, stimulate, excite