quickening
kwi kuh ning
- n the process of showing signs of life
the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain - n the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus
- n the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
- v move faster
- v make keen or more acute
- v give life or energy to
- v show signs of life
- v give new life or energy to
- By providing doctors with free tools and supportand perhaps a little prodding from the big insurers who pay the billsthe NEPSI alliance hopes to encourage a quickening in .
- OUTLOOK PTI BOARD OF ECONOMISTS As business moves into its traditionally bustling fall season, signs of a quickening recovery from the nation's most severe postwar.
- All through the economy, the business pulse was quickening.