hasten
to cause to hasten; accelerate: to hasten someone from a room; to hasten the arrival of a happier time.
Origin of hasten
1Other words for hasten
Other words from hasten
- has·ten·er, noun
- outhasten, verb (used with object)
- o·ver·has·ten, verb
- un·has·tened, adjective
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How to use hasten in a sentence
Hastening her decline has been a downturn in Brazil's economic fortunes.
I was hastening to the British national archives to immerse myself in old documents.
‘Soldaten: Secret WWII Transcripts of German POWs’ by Soenke Neitzel & Harald Welzer | Sönke Neitzel, Harald Welzer | September 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIsrael in PerilDavid Shulman, The New York Review of Books How the Jewish state is hastening its own demise.
The Week’s Best Longreads: The Daily Beast Picks for May 18, 2012 | David Sessions | May 18, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTLiterally every day seems to bring another announcement about studios hastening the release of major films, on DVD and on-demand.
And what would Brooks have Obama do if the road to “hastening” were paved with weeks of bloodshed?
Anselme, thus enjoined, lent an unwonted alacrity to his movements, waddling grotesquely like a hastening waterfowl.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniOne evening, rather more than a week after the marriage, Hedges had been on an errand to Calne, and was hastening home.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodHe disappeared and she turned away with a sigh, to meet her uncle hastening towards her.
The Red Year | Louis TracyMeanwhile young Englishmen of quality and fortune were hastening in crowds to Paris.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayI stood looking on, determined to let him have his course; he was only hastening his own fate, and why should I prevent it?
Confessions of a Thug | Philip Meadows Taylor
British Dictionary definitions for hasten
/ (ˈheɪsən) /
(may take an infinitive) to hurry or cause to hurry; rush
(tr) to be anxious (to say something): I hasten to add that we are just good friends
Derived forms of hasten
- hastener, noun
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