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v. Present participle of quicken.

n. The action of bringing someone or something to life.

n. The first noticable movements of a foetus during pregnancy, or the period when this occurs.

n. Stimulation, excitement (of a feeling, emotion etc.).

n. The act or process of making or of becoming quick.

n. 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.

n. The act of reviving or animating.

n. The time of pregnancy when the fetus is first felt to be quick.

n. the process of showing signs of life

n. the act of accelerating; increasing the speed

n. the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus

"Down through the sere leaves comes the first chestnut; others follow in quickening commotion, beginning their long pilgrimage to perfection; a hundred years hence they will stand in bridal white against the blue."

biological process    organic process    speeding    speed    hurrying   

quicken   

chickening    sickening    thickening