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Webster 1913 Edition
Haste
Haste
(hāst)
, Noun.
[OE.
hast
; akin to D. haast
, G., Dan., Sw., & OFries. hast
, cf. OF. haste
, F. hâte
(of German origin); all perh. fr. the root of E. hate
in a earlier sense of, to pursue. See Hate
.] 1.
Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; – applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals.
The king’s business required
haste
. 1 Sam. xxi. 8.
2.
The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.
I said in my
haste
, All men are liars. Ps. cxvi. 11.
Syn. – Speed; quickness; nimbleness; swiftness; expedition; dispatch; hurry; precipitance; vehemence; precipitation.
–
Haste
, Hurry
, Speed
, Dispatch
. Haste denotes quickness of action and a strong desire for getting on; hurry includes a confusion and want of collected thought not implied in haste; speed denotes the actual progress which is made; dispatch, the promptitude and rapidity with which things are done. A man may properly be in haste, but never in a hurry. Speed usually secures dispatch. Haste
,Verb.
T.
& I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hasted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hasting
.] [OE. ]
hasten
; akin to G. hasten
, D. haasten
, Dan. haste
, Sw. hasta
, OF. haster
, F. hâter
. See Haste
, Noun.
To hasten; to hurry.
[Archaic]
I 'll
haste
the writer. Shakespeare
They were troubled and
hasted
away. Ps. xlviii. 5.
Webster 1828 Edition
Haste
HASTE
, n.1.
Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals; never to other bodies. We never say, a ball flies with haste. The king's business required haste. l Sam.21.
2.
Sudden excitement of passion; quickness; precipitance; vehemence. I said in my haste, all men are liars. Ps.116.
3.
The state of being urged or pressed by business; as, I am in great haste.