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Meaning of 'quickening' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Quickening [ n.]
- The act or process of making or of becoming quick.
- The first motion of the fetus in the womb felt by the mother, occurring usually about the middle of the term of pregnancy. It has been popularly supposed to be due to the fetus becoming possessed of independent life.
2 . Quickening [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Quicken

Meaning of 'quickening' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . quickening [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the process of showing signs of life
Example in sentence:
  • the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain

Nearby Words:

qui vive quib quibble quibbled quibbler quibbling quibblingly quica quice quich

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