hasten
verb/ˈheɪ.sn̩/
Etymology
Originally intransitive, from haste + -en (verbal suffix).
- derived from van Hasten
Definitions
To move or act in a quick fashion.
To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
- I would hasten my escape from the windy storm.
- Hamlet: Bid the players make haste. Will you two help to hasten them?
- A dearth of signalmen and the high cost of labour is hastening an elimination process that already was well under way before the second world war.
To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.
- […]and prescribed policies and packages of military, economic and technical assistance to hasten their inevitable march toward development and modernity.
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A surname from Dutch.
The neighborhood
Derived
hastener, outhasten, overhasten, overhastened, unhastened, unhastening
Vish — recursive loop
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA