quickener
- a word derived from quicken.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps there is no quickener and invigorator of the memory equal to that of reciting to a judicious teacher before a large class of fellow-students.
From In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education by Hart, John S. (John Seely)
And truly Mr. Chesterton is invaluable as a quickener and stimulator of the minds of his readers.
From Among Famous Books by Kelman, John
Ah, sweet delight, the quickener of my soul!
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various
And so he had come finally to that high cold table-land where the sun of Love shines rather as the white luminary of another world than the red quickener of this.
From The Choir Invisible by Allen, James Lane
It is a quickener of the intellect, a purifier of the affections, and an instrument of heightening our spiritual aspirations.
From The Young Maiden by Muzzey, A. B. (Artemas Bowers)
