† aquickv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To quicken, give life to, vivify, excite.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > source or principle of life > giving of life > give life [verb (transitive)]
wrecchec897
quickOE
soulOE
aquicka1000
quickena1382
vivificate?a1475
live1483
envive1523
embreathea1529
instruct1532
animate1533
vivify1545
enlive1593
inanimate1610
vegetate1620
interanimatea1631
pre-inanimatea1631
enliven1631
vive1637
suscitate1646
a1000 Ags. Ps. cxix. 159 On ðinre mild-heortnesse me scealt acwician.
c1220 Ureisun in Lamb. Hom. 189 Þurh his wunende grace þet acwikeð me.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 203 Be zuych blest [of voule wordes]..is ofte aquyked þet uer of lecherie.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxi. 394 Aquyte and aquykye · þat was aqueynt þorw synne.
2. intransitive. To revive, come to life again.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > source or principle of life > resurrection or revival > [verb (intransitive)]
aquickc885
arisec950
quickeOE
riseOE
upbraidc1275
uprisec1340
quickena1382
recoverc1400
resuscite?c1450
revivea1500
raise1526
relive?1526
resuscitate1602
requicken1611
reanimate1645
resurrect1805
re-energize1938
c885 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. v. vi. (Bosw.) Ðá acwicode ic.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 81 Me mei blauwen, and he [the spark] wule aquikien.
1220 Hali Meid. 17 Ne acwikeð neauer meidenhad after þat wunde.
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