vt.

1. 加快
2. 使復活；使有生氣；激發
   Reading adventure stories quickened my imagination.

   閱讀冒險故事激發了我的想像力。

vi.

1. 加快
2. 復活，復甦；成活；變活躍
   The seeds are quickening in the soil.

   種子在土壤裡發芽生長。

3. （胎兒）開始蠕動；（孕婦）進入胎動期

v.

1. make or become quicker.
2. stimulate or be stimulated.
   ▸give or restore life to.
   ▸archaic make (a fire) burn brighter.
3. archaic (of a woman) reach a stage in pregnancy when the fetus can be felt to move.
   ▸(of a fetus) begin to show signs of life.