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hasten

[ hey-suhn ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry:

    to hasten to a place.



verb (used with object)

  1. to cause to hasten; accelerate:

    to hasten someone from a room; to hasten the arrival of a happier time.

    Synonyms: precipitate, speed, quicken, expedite, press, urge

hasten

/ ˈheɪsən /

verb

  1. may take an infinitive to hurry or cause to hurry; rush
  2. tr to be anxious (to say something)

    I hasten to add that we are just good friends



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Derived Forms

  • ˈhastener, noun

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Other Words From

  • hasten·er noun
  • outhasten verb (used with object)
  • over·hasten verb
  • un·hastened adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hasten1

First recorded in 1565–75; haste + -en 1

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Example Sentences

“This has got to be the oldest way in the human race to hasten death,” he said.

As I hasten to reassure these exasperated moms and dads, I had to be in the office anyway.

And his election would not hasten the Republican apocalypse.

But fluctuations of mere feet during its flood season could sustain the rise of empires, or hasten their fall.

And in the case of South Africa, the divestment effort helped hasten the demise of an evil regime.

By the second process, it is made to the advantage of the issuer of the notes to hasten their withdrawal himself.

Who he could not make out, except that it was a Kirton: and it prayed him to hasten down immediately.

Hasten the time, and remember the end, that they may declare thy wonderful works.

He had perhaps placed in her hand the weapon that should hasten his own defeat, stretch him bleeding on the sand.

Let them hasten and take up a lamentation for us: let our eyes shed tears, and our eyelids run down with waters.

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