Definition of haste

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Haste (n.) The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.

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Pursuer :: Pursuer (n.) One who pursues or chases; one who follows in haste, with a view to overtake..
Light :: Light (superl.) Wanton; unchaste; as, a woman of light character..
Rash :: Rash (superl.) Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures..
Post :: Post (adv.) With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) To move or pass swiftly; to hasten away; to circulate rapidly; as, a ship flies on the deep; a top flies around; rumor flies..
Properation :: Properation (n.) The act of hastening; haste.
Rush :: Rush (v. i.) To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation..
Accelerate :: Accelerate (v. t.) To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure..
Pure :: Pure (superl.) Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons..
Bawdry :: Bawdry (n.) Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language..
Incontinent :: Incontinent (n.) One who is unchaste.
Extemporize :: Extemporize (v. t.) To do, make, or utter extempore or off-hand; to prepare in great haste, under urgent necessity, or with scanty or unsuitable materials; as, to extemporize a dinner, a costume, etc..
Run :: Run (a.) To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten.
Precipitate :: Precipitate (v. i.) To hasten without preparation.
Expediate :: Expediate (v. t.) To hasten; to expedite.
Expediency :: Expediency (n.) Expedition; haste; dispatch.
Castigate :: Castigate (v. t.) To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely..
Agnus Castus :: Agnus castus () A species of Vitex (V. agnus castus); the chaste tree.
Chasten :: Chasten (v. t.) To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod..
Hastener :: Hastener (n.) That which hastens; especially, a stand or reflector used for confining the heat of the fire to meat while roasting before it..
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