I felt my heart quicken.
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Quicken
//ˈkwɪk(ə)n//
Synonyms for "quicken" (343 found)
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Closest matches (69)
Verb(21 words)
accelerateanimateinvigoratespeed upvivifywhetabetactuatealightarouseawakenbeghastbrightbrightenbring aboutbring downcheerchop-chopconflagratedraw
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Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (103)
easeelectrifyencourageendow with lifeenergizeenlivenexciteexhilarateexpediteexplainfacilitatefavorfillipfireflurryflushfortifyforwardfresh upfreshen
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Verb(63 words)
lashleavenlightlight a fire underlight uplivenliven upmend one's pacemotivatemotivemoveobligateobligeperk uppick up speedpromotepromptprovokepushput on
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reanimaterecreaterenovaterepairreviverevivifyrousesendset ablazeset afireset aflameset alightset fireset fire toset offset on firesharpenspark offspeedspicespice upspurspur onstep upstimulatestingstirstir the bloodstir upstokesurgesuscitatetemptthrilltorchurgevitalisewakewarm the bloodwhip upwind upwork upyerk
lend wings tolive againlivenlooselubricatemake clearmake formake sensitivemake way formotivatemoveoilopen the throttleopen the wayopen uppave the waypep upperk uppick uppick up speed
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piquepokeprecipitateprepare the waypressprimepromoteprovokepushpush forwardpush onpush throughput forwardput onput on steamquickbeamracerailroadrailroad throughraisereanimaterecreaterefinerefreshrefreshenregalereinvigorateremove frictionrenewresurgeresuscitatereturn to liferevreviverevivifyriserise againrouserun interference forrushrush alongsee the lightsensibilizesensitizeset forwardset upshake upsharpensimplifysmoothsmooth the waysnap upsoap the wayssparkspeedspeed alongspeed upspurstampedestep on itstep upstimulatestirtouchtransportunbarunblockunclogunjamurgevitalizevivifywakewarmwhipwhip alongzip up
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29 translations across 13 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- أَحْيَا verb (to give life to (someone or something never alive or once dead) — see also animate, resurrect, revive)
- سَرَّعَ verb (to make (something) quicker — see also hasten, speed up)
Belarusian
2 entries- паскара́ць verb (to make (something) quicker — see also hasten, speed up)
- паско́рыць verb (to make (something) quicker — see also hasten, speed up)
Bulgarian
4 entries- възбуждам verb (to give life to (someone or something never alive or once dead) — see also animate, resurrect, revive)
- забързвам verb (to make (something) quicker — see also hasten, speed up)
- оживявам verb (to give life to (someone or something never alive or once dead) — see also animate, resurrect, revive)
- ускорявам verb (to make (something) quicker — see also hasten, speed up)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 使有活力 verb (to give life to (someone or something never alive or once dead) — see also animate, resurrect, revive)
- （使）复原 verb (to give life to (someone or something never alive or once dead) — see also animate, resurrect, revive)
Finnish
4 entries- elvyttää verb (to give life to (someone or something never alive or once dead) — see also animate, resurrect, revive)
- herättää henkiin verb (to give life to (someone or something never alive or once dead) — see also animate, resurrect, revive)
- nopeuttaa verb (to make (something) quicker — see also hasten, speed up)
- pikaistaa verb (to make (something) quicker — see also hasten, speed up)
Galician
1 entries- axilizar verb (to make (something) quicker — see also hasten, speed up)
Georgian
4 entries- ასწრაფება verb (to make (something) quicker — see also hasten, speed up)
- გამოცოცხლება verb (to give life to (someone or something never alive or once dead) — see also animate, resurrect, revive)
- გაცოცხლება verb (to give life to (someone or something never alive or once dead) — see also animate, resurrect, revive)
- დაჩქარება verb (to make (something) quicker — see also hasten, speed up)
Irish
1 entries- géaraigh verb (to become quicker or faster)
Latin
1 entries- accelerō verb (to make (something) quicker — see also hasten, speed up)
Portuguese
1 entries- agilizar verb (to make (something) quicker — see also hasten, speed up)
Russian
3 entries- оживи́ть verb (to give life to (someone or something never alive or once dead) — see also animate, resurrect, revive)
- уско́рить verb (to make (something) quicker — see also hasten, speed up)
- ускоря́ть verb (to make (something) quicker — see also hasten, speed up)
Spanish
1 entries- agilizar verb (to make (something) quicker — see also hasten, speed up)
Ukrainian
2 entries- приско́рити verb (to make (something) quicker — see also hasten, speed up)
- приско́рювати verb (to make (something) quicker — see also hasten, speed up)
Sample sentences
41 total sentences available.
Forasmuch as you have desired so simple a woman to write in so worthy a book, good Master Lieutenant, therefore I shall, as a friend, desire you, and as a Christian, require you, to call upon God to incline your heart to his laws, to quicken you in his way, and not to take the word of truth utterly out of your mouth.
Source: tatoeba (8225174)
[…] Italy had quickened Cecil, not to tolerance, but to irritation. He saw that the local society was narrow, but, instead of saying, "Does this very much matter?" he rebelled, and tried to substitute for it the society he called broad.
Source: wiktionary
For ſurely, a rich Land, guardleſs and undefended, muſt needs have been a double Incitement, and ſuch an one, as might not only admit, but even invite the Enemy. It was like a fruitful Garden, or a fair Vineyard without an Hedge, that quickens the Appetite to enjoy ſo tempting, and withal ſo eaſy a Prize.
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