v., -ened, -en·ing, -ens.

v.tr.

1. To make more rapid; accelerate.
2. To make alive; vitalize.
3. To excite and stimulate; stir: Such stories quicken the imagination.
4. To make steeper.

v.intr.

1. To become more rapid. See synonyms at speed.
2. To come or return to life: “And the weak spirit quickens” (T.S. Eliot).
3. To reach the stage of pregnancy when the fetus can be felt to move.

quickener quick'en·er n.

A popular financial management program for PCs and Macs from Intuit, Inc., Mountain View, CA www.intuit.com). It is used to write checks, organize investments and produce a variety of reports for personal finance and small business.

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Personal finance software by Intuit, Inc. (www.quicken.com).

verb

1. To increase the speed of: accelerate, expedite, hasten, hurry, hustle, speed (up), step up. See fast/slow/velocity.
2. To make alive: animate, vitalize, vivify. See live/die.

v

Definition: make faster; invigorate
Antonyms: dull, retard, slow, weaken

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - fremskynde, blive hurtigere, anspore, sætte fart i, røre på sig, sætte farten op
v. intr. - bevæge sig hurtigere, blive levende

Nederlands (Dutch)
versnellen, verlevendigen, leven voelen (tijdens zwangerschap), leven vertonen (foetus), levend worden

Français (French)
v. tr. - (lit) accélérer, (fig) stimuler (littér)
v. intr. - s'accélérer, (fig) s'intensifier (littér), bouger (un f¯tus)

Deutsch (German)
v. - beschleunigen, erwecken, lebendig machen, schneller werden, hochschwanger werden, Leben zeigen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (επι)ταχύνω, επισπεύδω, ζωηρεύω, αναζωογονώ, ζωντανεύω, κεντρίζω

Italiano (Italian)
accelerare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - dar vida a, animar-se

Русский (Russian)
ускорять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - acelerar, apretar, estimular, resucitar
v. intr. - vivificarse, revivir, avivarse, animarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - påskynda, öka, ge nytt liv åt, stimulera, egga, uppväcka (relig.), bli hastigare, öka, få nytt liv, stimuleras, eggas

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
加快, 使有生气, 刺激, 变活跃

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 加快, 使有生氣, 刺激
v. intr. - 加快, 變活躍

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 빠르게 하다, 활기 띠게 하다, 되살리다
v. intr. - 빨라지다, 살아나다, 태동을 느끼다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 速める, 急がせる, 活気づける, 刺激する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) أسرع, عجل, استعجل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮מיהר, החיש, החיה, עורר, גילה סימני חיים‬
v. intr. - ‮הגיעה לשלב בהיריון שבו מורגשות תנועות העובר, החל להראות סימני חיים‬

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