quickener
- a word derived from quicken.
Example Sentences
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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
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 Bogardus, C. A.
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)
For what we want is not learning, but knowledge—that is, the power to make learning answer its true end as a quickener of intelligence and a widener of our intellectual sympathies.
From The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Bostwick, Arthur Elmore
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 Hungerford, Margaret Wolfe
