quickening

Definitions


[ˈkwɪk(ə)nɪŋ], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- made or becoming faster or quicker
(e.g: the quickening pace of our times creates an impatience with delay)

- becoming more stimulated or lively
(e.g: he looked with quickening curiosity through the smoke)


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definition by Oxford Dictionaries