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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Hastily :: Hastily (adv.) In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.
Subjacent :: Subito (adv.) In haste; quickly; rapidly.
Neat :: Neat (a.) Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress..
Precipitancy :: Precipitancy (n.) The quality or state of being precipitant, or precipitate; headlong hurry; excessive or rash haste in resolving, forming an opinion, or executing a purpose; precipitation; as, the precipitancy of youth..
Slippery :: Slippery (a.) Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.
Post :: Post (v. i.) To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste..
Chaste :: Chaste (a.) Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a chaste mind; chaste eyes..
Brush :: Brush (v. i.) To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by..
Hasty :: Hasty (n.) Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager..
Dispatch :: Dispatch (v. t.) The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.
Shaster :: Shaster (n.) Alt. of Shastr.
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence; to rush or hurry; as, they fell to blows..
Stringent :: Stringendo (a.) Urging or hastening the time, as to a climax..
Loose :: Loose (superl.) Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman..
Whorish :: Whorish (a.) Resembling a whore in character or conduct; addicted to unlawful pleasures; incontinent; lewd; unchaste.
Virgin :: Virgin (a.) Being a virgin; chaste; of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly; modest; indicating modesty; as, a virgin blush..
Chastity :: Chastity (n.) Chasteness.
Precipitation :: Precipitation (n.) Great hurry; rash, tumultuous haste; impetuosity..
Black Book :: Black book () A book containing details of the enormities practiced in the English monasteries and religious houses, compiled by order of their visitors under Henry VIII., to hasten their dissolution..
Hugger-mugger :: Hugger-mugger (n.) Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy..
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