quicken – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to quicken
Participle: quickened
Gerund: quickening

Cognates

See the 4 cognates of quicken

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	quicken
we	Let's quicken
you	quicken

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure

animate, awaken, call up, electrify, encourage, enflame, enkindle, enliven, enthrill, exagitate, excite, exhilarate, exsuscitate, fillip, fire, fire the blood, foment, galvanise, gin up, inflame, inspirit, intoxicate, invigorate, kindle, liven, liven up, pique, provoke, rouse, sharpen, stimulate, stir, stir the blood, stir up, stoke, suscitate, thrill, vitalize, wake, warm the blood, whet, work up

to cause to become more lively and energetic

animate, beghast, brighten, energize, enliven, enthuse, exalt, excite, ginger up, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, jazz, liven, liven up, perk up, spice, spice up, vitalise

animate

arouse, enliven, revitalize, liven, activate, vivificate, spring, vivify

hasten

hurry, speed, expedite

Antonyms

hasten

linger, dawdle, delay, drag

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. From Middle English quikenen (“to become alive again after dying; to raise (someone) from the dead; to regain consciousness or strength; to give vitality, revive; to regain validity; to nourish; to spare (the life of someone or something); to ignite; to illuminate; of events: to happen more quickly; of clouds: to form”) [and other forms], from quiken (“to come to life; to become alive again after dying; to give or regain vitality, revive; of a seed: to germinate, grow; to arouse (anger); to inspire; to reinforce, strengthen; to make (a substance) alchemically active; to nourish, sustain; to sharpen; to ignite; to illuminate; of news: to spread”) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive forms of verbs). Quiken is derived from Old English cwician (“to bring to life, vivify; to come to life, become living; to quicken”), from cwic (“alive, live, living; mentally agile; intelligent, keen”) (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (“alive; lively; quick”) and Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”)) + -ian (suffix forming verbs from adjectives and nouns). The English word may be analysed as quick (“moving with swiftness; occurring in a short time; (archaic) alive, living; (archaic) pregnant”) + -en (suffix attached to some adjectives forming transitive verbs meaning ‘to make [adjective]’).
2. Cognates
3. * Danish kvikne (“to quicken, revive”)
4. * Icelandic kvikna (“to ignite; to turn on”)
5. * Swedish kvickna (“to revive”) See: Old English 'cwician', Danish 'kvikne', Icelandic 'kvikna', Swedish 'kvickna'.

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