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verb (used without object)
1.
to hasten; speed; go in haste.
verb (used with object)
2.
to hasten (oneself): Hie yourself down to this once-in-a-lifetime sale!
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| —vb , hies, hieing, hying, hied | |
| archaic, poetic or to hurry; hasten; speed | |
| [Old English hīgian to strive] | |
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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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