"quicken" meaning in All languages combined

See quicken on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkwɪk(ə)n/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-quicken.wav [UK] Forms: quicken [canonical], quickens [third-person, singular], quickened [past], quickened [past, participle], quickening [present, participle]
Etymology: quick + -en Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|quick|en}} quick + -en Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you quicken something, you make it become faster.
    Sense id: simple-quicken-en-verb-Fw9Wi9qU
  2. If something quickens you, you are stimulated by it.
    Sense id: simple-quicken-en-verb-9v9SCbOY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -en
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