quicken

quicken the pulse

also quicken somebody's pulse

to cause excitement or interest There's nothing in this book to quicken the pulse.

to make someone excited or interested There's nothing in this book to quicken the pulse.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ani	-	Bulgarian, Georgian, Romanian, Spanish
Jeff	JEF	English
ConstÂNcia	-	Portuguese
Rafael	rah-fah-EL (Spanish), RAH-fah-el (German)	Spanish, Portuguese, German, Hungarian, Slovene, Macedonian
Levi	['li:vai]
Bhaskar	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada