[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten:She quickened her pace.", "to give or restore vigor or activity to; stir up, rouse, or stimulate:to quicken the imagination.Synonyms: enliven , vitalize , animate", "to revive; restore life to:The spring rains quickened the earth.Synonyms: vivify"]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to become more active, sensitive, etc.:This drug causes the pulse to quicken.", "to become alive; receive life.", "(of the mother) to enter that stage of pregnancy in which the fetus gives indications of life.", "(of a fetus in the womb) to begin to manifest signs of life."]}]