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Quickening
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Quickening has 3 senses
- quickening(n = noun.process) Array - the process of showing signs of life; "the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain" is a kind of biological process, organic process
- quickening(n = noun.state) Array - the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus; Array is a kind of degree, level, point, stage
- quickening(n = noun.act) acceleration, speedup - the act of accelerating; increasing the speed; Array is a kind of hurrying, speed, speeding
is a part of gestation, maternity, pregnancy
Derived form verb quicken4
Derived form verb quicken1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Quickening, n.
- The act or process of making or of becoming quick. [1913 Webster]
- The first motion of the fetus in the womb felt by the mother, occurring usually about the middle of the term of pregnancy. It has been popularly supposed to be due to the fetus becoming possessed of independent life. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
Quickening
acceleration, activating, animating, animation, animative, bracing, clarification, double time, double-quick, double-quick time, drive, easing, energizing, enlivening, enlivenment, exhilarating, exhilaration, exhilarative, expediting, expedition, facilitation, festination, forced march, forwarding, getaway, hastening, hurrying, impetus, invigorating, invigoration, invigorative, life-giving, pickup, revitalization, revival, rousing, simplification, simplifying, smoothing, speeding, speedup, step-up, stimulating, stimulation, stimulative, streamlining, thrust, tonic, viable, vitalization, vitalizing, vivification, vivifying
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