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enquicken

verb
/ɛnˈkwɪkə̆n/UK

Etymology

From en- + quicken.

  1. inherited from *gʷeyh₃-✻ — “to live”
  2. inherited from *kwikwaz✻ — “alive; lively; quick”
  3. inherited from cwician — “to bring to life, vivify; to come to life, become living; to quicken”
  4. inherited from quikenen — “to become alive again after dying; to raise (someone) from the dead; to regain consciousness or strength; to give vitality, revive; to regain validity; to nourish; to spare (the life of someone or something); to ignite; to illuminate; of events: to happen more quickly; of clouds: to form”
  5. prefixed as enquicken — “en + quicken”

Definitions

  1. Imbue with divine vitality.

    • […] Let some, my Lord, of thy bright Glories beams, Flash quickening Flames of Glory in mine eye T’enquicken my dull Spirits, drunke with dreams Of Melancholy…

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA