about the only time I hear anyone but me use the word that way is in the specific phrase "the quick and the dead"
Pregnant women and the medical professionals who care for them still refer to the quickening of a fetus, i.e., its first independent movements in the womb.
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Pregnant women and the medical professionals who care for them still refer to the quickening of a fetus, i.e., its first independent movements in the womb.