Definition of "quickens" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quicken. (verb)
• A weed, quitch. (noun)

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• "Each terse term quickens the imagination as it suggests what is to follow."
• "As a consequence of this arrangement, hydrogen is evolved from the water, and has the effect of reducing any oxide or other detrimental compound of the metal; in other words, it "quickens" and prevents "sickening" of the fluid metal, and consequent "flouring" and loss."
• "There's just something about that Voice that animates, "quickens" us."