quickener
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English quykener, equivalent to quicken + -er.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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, “The Seven against Thebes”, in Geoffrey Montagu Cookson, transl., Four Plays of Aeschylus, page 124:
- 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;
Synonyms edit
- (that which quickens): catalyst
Related terms edit
Translations edit
one who, or that which, quickens
that which gives life, animates, or nourishes