v (intransitive) To become faster. (defdate|from 17th c.)
n The European rowan tree.
v (transitive|now|_|literary) To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive. (defdate|from 14th c.)
v (intransitive|now|_|literary) To come back to life, receive life. (defdate|from 14th c.)
v (intransitive) To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be roused, excited. (defdate|from 15th c.)
v (intransitive) Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy at which this takes place; of a foetus: to begin to move. (defdate|from 16th c.)