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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John Ange had assisted also in cutting down Shakespeare's mulberry tree, of which he had a morsel in his pocket for sale; no doubt a sovereign quickener of literary conception.
From The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving
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
Anticipation is the greatest quickener of mortal spirits.
From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Richard Cobbold
And truly Mr. Chesterton is invaluable as a quickener and stimulator of the minds of his readers.
From Among Famous Books by John Kelman
For what we want is not learning, but knowledge; that is the ability to make learning answer its true end as a quickener of intelligence and widener of the intellectual field.
From One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed by C. A. Bogardus
