"quicken" meaning in Anglais

See quicken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-quicken.wav Forms: to quicken [infinitive], quickens [present, third-person, singular], quickened [preterite], quickened [participle, past], quickening [participle, present]
  1. Accélérer.
    Sense id: fr-quicken-en-verb-MlHep6X3
  2. Prendre vie ; d'un fœtus, démontrer sa vie par ses mouvements dans le ventre ; d'une femme enceinte, constater ces mouvements. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: fr-quicken-en-verb-vYoaj67H Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Termes archaïques en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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        "Accélérer."
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