quicken

verb

1. 1

   give new life or energy to

   A hot soup will revive me

   This will renovate my spirits

2. 2

   show signs of life

   the fetus quickened

3. 3

   move faster

   The car accelerated

4. 4

   give life or energy to

   The cold water invigorated him

5. 5

   make keen or more acute

   whet my appetite