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hastening

[hey-suhn]

has·ten

[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)
2.
to cause to hasten; accelerate: to hasten someone from a room; to hasten the arrival of a happier time.

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Hastening is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

Origin:
1565–75; haste + -en1

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


2. urge, press; expedite, quicken, speed; precipitate.

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