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QUICKENER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quickener mean? 

QUICKENER (noun)
  The noun QUICKENER has 1 sense:

1. an agent that gives or restores life or vigorplay

  Familiarity information: QUICKENER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


QUICKENER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An agent that gives or restores life or vigor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

enlivener; invigorator; quickener

Context example:

the soul is the quickener of the body

Hypernyms ("quickener" is a kind of...):

agent (an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect)

Derivation:

quicken (give new life or energy to)

quicken (give life or energy to)


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