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quickener|ˈkwɪk(ə)nə(r)|
[f. quicken v. + -er1.]
One who or that which quickens, in various senses of the verb.
1513Douglas æneis xii. Prol. 254 Welcum quyknar of florist flowris schene. 1581Mulcaster Positions vi. (1887) 40 The soule,..the quickner of the body. 1653H. More Antid. Ath. ii. xii. §12 Notable whetters and quickners of the spirit of life. 1767S. Paterson Another Trav. I. 425 Re-edifiers of fallen temples, and quickeners of dead laurels. 1820W. Irving Sketch Bk. (1859) 137 These tokens of regard, and quickeners of kind feelings. 1879M. D. Conway Demonol. I. i. ii. 9 Baal..represents the Sun in his glory as quickener of Nature. |