quickener
One who, or that which, quickens, hastens, or speeds up an object or action.
Noun
- One who, or that which, quickens, hastens, or speeds up an object or action.
- 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.,...
Origin
From Middle English quykener, equivalent to quicken + -er.