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enquicken

UK/ɛnˈkwɪkə̆n/

enquicken verb: imbue with divine vitality.

Verb

enquicken (third-person singular simple present enquickens, present participle enquickening, simple past and past participle enquickened)

  1. (rare) Imbue with divine vitality.
    • How much more ought we, WITH OUR BLESSED MOTHER THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AT ALL CHASTENINGS [CHRISTENINGS] PRESUME that Sacramental grace doth like a soul enquicken the body of the outward element, and receive those for our true fellow-members of Christ, who have been made partakers of the same laver...circa 1623–1635, Dr. John Mayer D.D., Commentary on the Short Catechism set forth in the Book of Common Prayer, etc., page 7
    • […] Let some, my Lord, of thy bright Glories beams,
      Flash quickening Flames of Glory in mine eye
      T’enquicken my dull Spirits, drunke with dreams
      Of Melancholy…1989, Edward Taylor, The Poems of Edward Taylor, page 206

Forms of enquicken

third-person singular presentenquickens
present participleenquickening
past participleenquickened
pastenquickened

Origin of enquicken

From en- + quicken.

Questions about enquicken

What does enquicken mean?
Enquicken means imbue with divine vitality.
What part of speech is enquicken?
Enquicken is a verb.
How do you pronounce enquicken?
Enquicken is pronounced /ɛnˈkwɪkə̆n/ (UK).
What is the past tense of enquicken?
The past tense of enquicken is enquickened.

Words near enquicken in the dictionary

  1. enqueueing
  2. enqueuer
  3. enqueuers
  4. enqueues
  5. enqueuing
  6. enquicken
  7. enquickened
  8. enquickening
  9. enquickens
  10. enquirable
  11. enquire

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