Definition of haste

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Haste (n.) Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals..

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Chasten :: Chasten (v. t.) To purify from errors or faults; to refine.
Chasteness :: Chasteness (n.) Chastity; purity.
Huddle :: Huddle (v. t.) To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; -- usually with a following preposition or adverb; as, to huddle on; to huddle up; to huddle together..
Loose :: Loose (superl.) Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman..
Courier :: Courier (n.) A messenger sent with haste to convey letters or dispatches, usually on public business..
Classical :: Classical (n.) Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined; as, a classical style..
En- :: En- () A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words are written indifferently with en-or in-. For ease of pronunciation it is commonly changed to em-before p, b, and m, as in employ, embody, emmew. It is sometimes used to give a causal force, as in enable, enfeeble, to cause to be, or to make, able, or feeble; and sometimes merely gives an intensive force, as in enchasten. See In-..
Acetifier :: Acetifier (n.) An apparatus for hastening acetification.
Rape :: Rape (n.) Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry..
Over :: Over (a.) Upper; covering; higher; superior; also, excessive; too much or too great; -- chiefly used in composition; as, overshoes, overcoat, over-garment, overlord, overwork, overhaste..
Spurgall :: Spur (v. i.) To spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit..
Festination :: Festination (n.) Haste; hurry.
Incontinent :: Incontinent (n.) One who is unchaste.
Virgin :: Virgin (v. i.) To act the virgin; to be or keep chaste; -- followed by it. See It, 5..
Skim :: Skim (v. i.) To hasten along with superficial attention.
Impure :: Impure (a.) Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas..
Rapid :: Rapid (a.) Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid recurrence; rapid succession..
Castigate :: Castigate (v. t.) To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely..
Expediency :: Expediency (n.) Expedition; haste; dispatch.
Philosophaster :: Philosophaster (n.) A pretender to philosophy.
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