1. v. give new life or energy to (view details)
2. v. show signs of life (view details)
3. v. move faster (view details)
4. v. give life or energy to (view details)
5. v. make keen or more acute (view details)

Meaning 1: (verb) give new life or energy to
Usage Example(s): A hot soup will revive me, This treatment repaired my health, This will renovate my spirits
Synonym(s): animate ( what does animate stand for? ), reanimate ( what does reanimate stand for? ), recreate ( what does recreate stand for? ), renovate ( what does renovate stand for? ), repair ( what does repair stand for? ), revive ( what does revive stand for? ), revivify ( what does revivify stand for? ), vivify ( what does vivify stand for? )
quicken is derived from: animation ( what does animation stand for? ), enlivener ( what does enlivener stand for? ), invigoration ( what does invigoration stand for? ), invigorator ( what does invigorator stand for? ), quickener ( what does quickener stand for? ), recreation ( what does recreation stand for? ), refreshment ( what does refreshment stand for? ), resurgence ( what does resurgence stand for? ), revitalisation ( what does revitalisation stand for? ), revitalization ( what does revitalization stand for? ), revival ( what does revival stand for? ), revivification ( what does revivification stand for? ), vivification ( what does vivification stand for? )

Meaning 2: (verb) show signs of life
Usage Example(s): the fetus quickened
quicken is derived from: quickening ( what does quickening stand for? )

Meaning 3: (verb) move faster
Usage Example(s): The car accelerated
Synonym(s): accelerate ( what does accelerate stand for? ), speed ( what does speed stand for? ), speed up ( what does speed up stand for? )
Opposite(s): decelerate ( what does decelerate stand for? ), retard ( what does retard stand for? ), slow ( what does slow stand for? ), slow down ( what does slow down stand for? ), slow up ( what does slow up stand for? )
quicken is derived from: acceleration ( what does acceleration stand for? ), fastness ( what does fastness stand for? ), hurrying ( what does hurrying stand for? ), quickening, speed, speeding ( what does speeding stand for? ), speedup ( what does speedup stand for? ), swiftness ( what does swiftness stand for? ), velocity ( what does velocity stand for? )

Meaning 4: (verb) give life or energy to
Usage Example(s): The cold water invigorated him
Synonym(s): invigorate ( what does invigorate stand for? )
quicken is derived from: animation, brio ( what does brio stand for? ), enlivener, invigoration, invigorator, quickener, spiritedness ( what does spiritedness stand for? ), vivification

Meaning 5: (verb) make keen or more acute
Usage Example(s): whet my appetite
Synonym(s): whet ( what does whet stand for? )

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