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Webster 1913 Edition


Hasten

Has′ten

(hās′’n)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hastened
(hās′’nd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hastening
(hās′’n-ĭng)
.]
To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry.
I would
hasten
my escape from the windy storm.
Ps. lv. 8.

Has′ten

,
Verb.
I.
To move with celerity; to be rapid in motion; to act speedily or quickly; to go quickly.
I
hastened
to the spot whence the noise came.
De Foe.

Definition 2024


hasten

hasten

See also: hästen

English

Verb

hasten (third-person singular simple present hastens, present participle hastening, simple past and past participle hastened)

  1. To move in a quick fashion.
  2. To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
    • Bible, Psalms lv. 8
      I would hasten my escape from the windy storm.
    • 2008, Bradley Simpson, Economists with Guns, page 7:
      [...] and prescribed policies and packages of military, economic and technical assistance to hasten their inevitable march toward development and modernity.
  3. To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.

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Danish

Noun

hasten c

  1. singular definite of hast

Finnish

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Noun

hasten

  1. Genitive plural form of hapsi.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhastn̩]
  • Hyphenation: has‧ten
  • Homophone: hassten

Verb

hasten (third-person singular simple present hastet, past tense hastete, past participle gehastet, auxiliary sein)

  1. to hurry, to rush
    Ich hastete zur Tür. ― I rushed to the door.

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Swedish

Noun

hasten

  1. definite singular of hast