hasten
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sən verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
2.
to cause to hasten; accelerate: to hasten someone from a room; to hasten the arrival of a happier time.
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hasten (ˈheɪsən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 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 |
| 'hastener | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
It is more likely human intervention will hasten or even cause the extinction of these animals.
One where it no longer acts to slow global warming, but to hasten it.
Anyone interested in the growth of cinema as a viable art should hasten to see this film.
But the cold-war stakes involved mean there is little that they can do by themselves to hasten the day.
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