quicken the pulse

also quicken somebody's pulse

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

Name	Pronounced	Usage
SÉVÉRine	-	French
Ljuban	LYOO-bahn	Serbian, Croatian
Matthan	-	Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
FelicitÁS	-	Hungarian
AtİLa	-	Turkish
Sienna	see-EN-ə	English (Modern)