quickener
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
quickener (plural quickeners)
- One who, or that which, quickens, hastens, or speeds up an object or action.
- That which gives life, animates, or nourishes.
- 1922, Geoffrey Montagu Cookson (transl.), The Seven against Thebes, page 124 in Four Plays of Aeschylus.
- Where, through the deep, rich soil enwound,
The waters of Dirce flow?
Nourisher she of man and mead,
Quencher of thirst and quickener of seed;
- Where, through the deep, rich soil enwound,
- 1922, Geoffrey Montagu Cookson (transl.), The Seven against Thebes, page 124 in Four Plays of Aeschylus.
Synonyms
- (that which quickens): catalyst
Related terms
Translations
one who, or that which, quickens
that which gives life, animates, or nourishes
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