quicken

verbs

move faster

"The car accelerated"

accelerate, quicken, speed, speed up

is derived from

make keen or more acute

"whet my appetite"

quicken, whet

give life or energy to

"The cold water invigorated him"

invigorate, quicken

is derived from

show signs of life

"the fetus quickened"

quicken

is derived from

is a type of (narrower)

move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion

"He moved his hand slightly to the right"

give new life or energy to

"A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"

animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify

is derived from