quickening

verb

Meaning

To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive.
To come back to life, receive life.
To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be roused, excited.
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.
To make quicker; to hasten, speed up.
To become faster.
An increase of speed.
The action of bringing someone or something to life.
The first noticable movements of a foetus during pregnancy, or the period when this occurs.
Stimulation, excitement (of a feeling, emotion etc.).

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

No descendant words have been linked yet.