Synonyms:
quickening
Meaning: the process of showing signs of life; "the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain"
Usage examples
"My dear sir," said Scrooge, quickening his pace, and taking the old gentleman by both his hands.
'My dear sir,' said Scrooge, quickening his pace, and taking the old gentleman by both his hands, 'how do you do?
Invisible, imponderable, quickening with vigorous motion, slackening in rest and sleep, passing quite away in death, it is the most obvious sign of life.
The old mare could go fast enough when required--that is when Zeb required her and he had a mode of quickening her speed--known only to himself, and only employed upon extraordinary occasions.
Garth, in white flannels, wearing a green tie and a button-hole of primroses, lay back luxuriously, enjoying, with his rapidly quickening senses, the scent of the flowers and the touch of the sun-beams.