quick

QUICK, verb intransitive To stir; to move. [Not in use.]QUICK, adjective [If q is a dialectical prefix, as I suppose, this word coincides with the Latin vigeo, vegeo, and vig, veg, radical, coincide with wag.]1. Primarily, alive; living; opposed to dead or unanimated; as quick flesh. Leviticus 13:10.The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead. 2 Timothy 4:1.[In this sense, the word is obsolete, except in some compounds or in particular phrases.]2. Swift; hasty; done with celerity; as quick dispatch.3. Speedy; done or occurring in a short time; as a quick return of profits.Oft he to her his charge of quick return repeated.4. Active; brisk; nimble; prompt ready. He is remarkably quick in his motions. He is a man of quick parts.5. Moving with rapidity or celerity; as quick time in music.QUICK with child, pregnant with a living child.QUICK, adverb 1. Nimbly; with celerity; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; be quick If we consider how very quick the actions of the mind are performed.2. Soon; in a short time; without delay. Go, and return quick QUICK, noun 1. A living animal. obsolete 2. The living flesh; sensible parts; as penetrating to the quick; stung to the quick; cut to the quick 3. Living shrubs or trees; as a ditch or bank set with quick QUICK, verb transitive To revive; to make alive. obsolete QUICK, verb intransitive To become alive. obsolete