requicken means to quicken anew; to reanimate or give new life to. It carries an Arena rating of 1685, earned across 67 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, requicken ranks #2,233 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words, #2,962 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words, #3,201 of 17,140 for Most Whimsical Words, #3,911 of 17,151 for The Improbable.
requicken is pronounced /riːˈkwɪkən/.
Why “requicken” is a great word
REQUICKEN — [Verb] To quicken anew; to reanimate or give new life to. Formed within English by derivation from the prefix re- (meaning "again") and the verb quicken (meaning "to make or become alive, active, or vigorous"). Unlike "revive," which suggests a return from weakness, or "reinvigorate," which focuses on restoring strength, to requicken is to impart a fresh, primal surge of the animating spark itself. It is the sudden sap-green shoot bursting from a dormant branch; the rekindling of a hearth to leaping flame; the precise moment a forgotten melody returns as a compulsion to hum—a second genesis, smaller and quieter than the first, but a testament that not all ends are terminal.
Etymology
From re- + quicken.
verb
- To quicken anew; to reanimate or give new life to.e.g.“Requickened what in flesh was fatigate.” — c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] B
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