quickener
nounUK /ˈkwɪkənə/ · US /ˈkwɪkənɚ/
Etymology From Middle English quykener, equivalent to quicken + -er.
1
One who, or that which, quickens, hastens, or speeds up an object or action.
2
That which gives life, animates, or nourishes.
- Where, through the deep, rich soil enwound, The waters of Dirce flow? Nourisher she of man and mead, Quencher of thirst and quickener of seed;1922, “The Seven against Thebes”, in Geoffrey Montagu Cookson, transl., Four Plays of Aeschylus, page 124:
- Synonyms
- catalyst