Word Meanings - ENQUICKEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To quicken; to make alive. Dr. H. More.

QUICKEN TREE
The European rowan tree; -- called also quickbeam, and quickenbeam. See Rowan tree. (more info) aspen or some tree with quivering leaves; cf. G. quickenbaum,
QUICKENS
Quitch grass.
QUICKENER
One who, or that which, quickens.
QUICKENING
The first motion of the fetus in the womb felt by the mother, occurring usually about the middle of the term of pregnancy. It has been popularly supposed to be due to the fetus becoming possessed of independent life. (more info) 1. The
ALIVE
1. Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive. 2. In a state of action; in force or operation; unextinguished; unexpired; existent; as, to keep
QUICKEN
To shorten the radius of ; to make sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced. Syn. -- To revive; resuscitate; animate; reinvigorate; vivify; refresh; stimulate; sharpen; incite; hasten; accelerate; expedite;
ENQUICKEN
To quicken; to make alive. Dr. H. More.
REQUICKEN
To quicken anew; to reanimate; to give new life to. Shak.
CALIVER
An early form of hand gun, variety of the arquebus; originally a gun having a regular size of bore. Shak.