quicken

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

quick·en (kwĭkʹən)v. quick·ened, quick·en·ing, quick·ensv. tr.
1. To make more rapid; accelerate.
2. To make alive; vitalize.
3. To excite and stimulate; stir:
Such stories quicken the imagination.
4. To make steeper.v. intr.
1. To become more rapid. See Synonyms at speed.
2. To come or return to life: “And the weak spirit quickens” (T.S. Eliot).
3. To reach the stage of pregnancy when the fetus can be felt to move. quickʹen·er n.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, vivify, revivify, invigorate, whet, accelerate, speed up, speed
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard