quicken

To make more rapid.

To cause (a body or soul, for example) to become alive; vitalize.

To excite and stimulate; stir.

To become more rapid. synonym: speed.

To come or return to life, as a soul.

To become excited or stimulated.

To reach the stage of pregnancy when the fetus can be felt to move.

In naval architecture, to give a greater curve to.

The couch- or quitch-grass, Agropyrum (Triticum) repens. Also quickens.

Same as quick-beam.