To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be excited or roused.
To stimulate or assist the fermentation of (an alcoholic beverage, dough, etc.).
To inspire or stimulate (an action, a feeling, etc.).
To grow bright; to brighten.
To put (someone or something) in a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to excite, to rouse.
Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy at which this takes place; of a foetus: to begin to move.
To give life; to make alive.
To inspire or stimulate.
To apply quicksilver (mercury) to (something); to combine (something) with quicksilver; to quicksilver.
To make (something) quicker or faster; to hasten, speed up.
To come back to life, to receive life.
To become quicker or faster.
Of an alcoholic beverage, dough, etc.: to ferment.
To give life to (someone or something never alive or once dead); to animate, to resurrect, to revive.
In full quicken tree: the European rowan, rowan, or mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia).
Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also (chiefly in the plural), the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.
To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
(in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.
To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.
To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind. Also written "ware". Past: weared, or wore/worn.
To defend; protect.
To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.
To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.
To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.
To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.
damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time
(in combination) clothing
fashion