simple past tense and past participle of quicken

One who, or that which, quickens, hastens, or speeds up an object or action. / That which gives life, animates, or nourishes.

plural of quickener

plural of quickening

(chiefly Ireland, Northern England) In full quicken tree: the European rowan, rowan, or mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia).

(transitive, rare) To apply quicksilver (mercury) to (something); to combine (something) with quicksilver; to quicksilver.

(transitive) / (intransitive) / (transitive) / (intransitive) To become quicker or faster.

(chiefly Midlands (northern), Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also (chiefly in the plural), the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.

(chiefly Midlands (northern), Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also, the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.

(chiefly Midlands (northern), Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) plural of quicken