Wiktionary:Word of the day/2022/January 5

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Word of the day
for January 5
quicken v
  1. Senses relating to life or states of activity.
    1. (transitive)
      1. To put (someone or something) in a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to excite, to rouse.
      2. To inspire or stimulate (an action, a feeling, etc.).
      3. To stimulate or assist the fermentation of (an alcoholic beverage, dough, etc.).
      4. (literary, also figuratively) To give life to (someone or something never alive or once dead); to animate, to resurrect, to revive.
      5. (archaic) To make or help (something) to burn.
      6. (obsolete)
        1. To make (a drug, liquor, etc.) more effective or stimulating.
        2. (passive voice) Of a pregnant woman: to be in the state of reaching the stage of pregnancy at which the movements of the foetus are first felt.
    2. (intransitive)
      1. To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be excited or roused.
      2. To grow bright; to brighten.
      3. Of an alcoholic beverage, dough, etc.: to ferment.
      4. (also figuratively) Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy at which this takes place; of a foetus: to begin to move.
      5. (literary, also figuratively)
        1. To give life; to make alive.
        2. To come back to life, to receive life.
      6. (rare) To inspire or stimulate.
  2. Senses relating to speed.
    1. (transitive)
      1. To make (something) quicker; to hasten, speed up.
      2. (construction, nautical (shipbuilding), archaic) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper, or (an incline) steeper.
    2. (intransitive) To become quicker or faster.
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