Origin:
before 900; Middle English hien, hyen, Old English hīgian to strive; cognate with Dutch hijgen to pant, Greek kíein to go; Latin ciēre to cause to go

Can be confused: hi, hie, high (see synonym note at high).

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hie (haɪ)

—vb , hies, hieing, hying, hied
	archaic, poetic or to hurry; hasten; speed

[Old English hīgian to strive]

HIE

—*abbreviation for*
	(in Scotland) Highlands and Islands Enterprise

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hie

O.E. higian "strive, hasten," originally "to be intent on," from P.Gmc. *khig- (cf. M.Du. higen "to pant," M.L.G. hichen, Ger. heichen).

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