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quickening

verb

To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive.
To come back to life, receive life.
To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be roused, excited.
Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy at which this takes place; of a foetus: to begin to move.
To make quicker; to hasten, speed up.
To become faster.
My heartbeat quickened when I heard him approach.
To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper.
to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced

noun

An increase of speed.
The action of bringing someone or something to life.
The first noticable movements of a foetus during pregnancy, or the period when this occurs.
Stimulation, excitement (of a feeling, emotion etc.).