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QUICKEN

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Traducere în limba română

quicken I. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a însufleţi, a aduce la viaţă.

2. a îndemna, a stimula, a anima.

3. a aţâţa, a excita (dorinţa, pofta etc.); a stârni (imaginaţia).

4. a grăbi, a accelera (pasul, plecarea etc.).

5. (tehn.) a activa, a accelera (arderea, tirajul etc.).

quicken I. verb B. intranzitiv

1. (despre făt) a se mişca; a da semne de viaţă (în timpul sarcinii).

2. (despre o femeie gravidă) a simţi primele mişcări ale fătului.

3. a se însufleţi, a se înviora.

4. (despre puls etc.) a se accelera.

quicken II. substantiv, vezi quick beam.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

The business had been indifferent under Mr. Jorkins, before Mr. Spenlow's time; and although it had been quickened by the infusion of new blood, and by the display which Mr. Spenlow made, still it was not established on a sufficiently strong basis to bear, without being shaken, such a blow as the sudden loss of its active manager.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Fanny's hurry increased; and without in the least expecting Edmund's attendance, she would have hastened away alone; but the general pace was quickened, and they all accompanied her into the house, through which it was necessary to pass. Dr.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

The butler came back and murmured something close to Tom's ear whereupon Tom frowned, pushed back his chair and without a word went inside. As if his absence quickened something within her Daisy leaned forward again, her voice glowing and singing.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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