Definition of hasten

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Hasten (v. i.) To move celerity; to be rapid in motion; to act speedily or quickly; to go quickly.

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Rap :: Rap (v.) To hasten.
Accelerate :: Accelerate (v. t.) To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure..
Expede :: Expede (v. t.) To expedite; to hasten.
Chasten :: Chasten (v. t.) To purify from errors or faults; to refine.
Flee :: Flee (v. i.) To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive..
Chastity :: Chastity (n.) Chasteness.
Stringent :: Stringendo (a.) Urging or hastening the time, as to a climax..
Scurry :: Scurry (v. i.) To hasten away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, the rabbit scurried away..
Haste :: Haste (n.) To hasten; to hurry.
Skim :: Skim (v. i.) To hasten along with superficial attention.
Hastened :: Hastened (imp. & p. p.) of Haste.
Rude :: Rude (superl.) Not finished or complete; inelegant; lacking chasteness or elegance; not in good taste; unsatisfactory in mode of treatment; -- said of literature, language, style, and the like..
Expedient :: Expedient (a.) Hastening or forward; hence, tending to further or promote a proposed object; fit or proper under the circumstances; conducive to self-interest; desirable; advisable; advantageous; -- sometimes contradistinguished from right..
Run :: Run (a.) To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten.
Hasten :: Hasten (v. i.) To move celerity; to be rapid in motion; to act speedily or quickly; to go quickly.
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-..
Hie :: Hie (v. i.) To hasten; to go in haste; -- also often with the reciprocal pronoun.
Chast :: Chast (v. t.) to chasten.
Chastened :: Chastened (imp. & p. p.) of Chaste.
Speed :: Speed (v. t.) To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
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