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Word entry · 7 letters

quicken

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"Make faster"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈkwɪk(ə)n/Part of speech verbSorted ceiknquStarts with QEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
1Q2U3I4C5K6E7N

Definitions

  1. give new life or energy to

Word origin

From quick(silver) (“mercury”) + -en (suffix forming verbs from adjectives and nouns).

Used in a sentence

  • This quicken'd my Reſolution to reſtore her Money, and not only ſo, but I reſolv'd I would give her ſomething over and above her Loſs; […]
  • Whoſoever will goo about to ſave his lyfe⸝ shall looſe it: And whoſoever ſhall looſe his life⸝ ſhall quycken it.
  • I haue ſeen a medicine That's able to breath life into a ſtone, Quicken a rocke, […]

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