quickening
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English [edit]
Verb [edit]
quickening
- Present participle of quicken.
Noun [edit]
quickening (plural quickenings)
- The action of bringing someone or something to life.
- The first noticable movements of a foetus during pregnancy, or the period when this occurs.
- Stimulation, excitement (of a feeling, emotion etc.).
- 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
- It may indeed be said that these days brought on a high quickening of Maisie's direct percptions, of her sense of freedom to make out things for herself.
- 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
