quickened

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Quickened by the threat on Europe's own frontiers, they readily agreed to a joint response, with specific steps depending on the harshness of the Soviet action.

From Time Magazine Archive

Quickened by this ambition and fired by religious zeal, the nationalist movement rapidly acquired a fanatical temper characterized by a mystical abhorrence of everything Western and a ferocious hatred of all Europeans.

From The New World of Islam by Stoddard, Lothrop

Thou, Theseus, wast a cloud, and I a cloud, Quickened from thee with such pervading flame, As that thou canst not now so part from me Without the fiery iterance of my heart.

From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 by Various

Quickened to new life by such a rare piece of luck he pushed on, thanking his stars.

From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.

Quickened respiration soon ensues, the heart becomes excited, the pulse accelerated, and palpitation is in time superadded.

From The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease by Bull, Thomas