quicken
verb (used with object)
to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten.
quickener
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a word derived from
quicken.
Example Sentences
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Welcome, the lord of light and lamp of day: Welcome, fosterer of tender herbis green; Welcome, quickener of flourish'd flowers' sheen.
From April's Lady A Novel by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
But this partiality in a biographer, though to be allowed and even commended as a quickener of insight, should not be strong enough to warp his mind from its judicial level.
From The Function of the Poet and Other Essays by James Russell Lowell
The lecture must have been a great quickener of conscience; for they would dare punishment and cheat Madame Joubert, under her own eyes, in order surreptitiously to add a new sin to their list.
From Balcony Stories by Grace E. King
Ah, sweet delight, the quickener of my soul!
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various
Henry's silence was probably meant as a quickener of the beadsman's garrulity.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
