Definition of hasten

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Hasten (v. t.) To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry.

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Skim :: Skim (v. i.) To hasten along with superficial attention.
Chasteness :: Chasteness (n.) Freedom from all that is meretricious, gaudy, or affected; as, chasteness of design..
Tiger-footed :: Tiger-footed (a.) Hastening to devour; furious.
Hastener :: Hastener (n.) One who hastens.
En- :: En- () A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words are written indifferently with en-or in-. For ease of pronunciation it is commonly changed to em-before p, b, and m, as in employ, embody, emmew. It is sometimes used to give a causal force, as in enable, enfeeble, to cause to be, or to make, able, or feeble; and sometimes merely gives an intensive force, as in enchasten. See In-..
Properation :: Properation (n.) The act of hastening; haste.
Rap :: Rap (v.) To hasten.
Haste :: Haste (n.) To hasten; to hurry.
Speed :: Speed (v. t.) To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry..
Punish :: Punish (v. t.) To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience..
Expedite :: Expedite (v. t.) To relieve of impediments; to facilitate; to accelerate the process or progress of; to hasten; to quicken; as, to expedite the growth of plants..
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..
Hurry :: Hurry (v. t.) To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
Speed :: Speed (v. t.) To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
Fleet :: Fleet (n. & a.) To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance.
Scurry :: Scurry (v. i.) To hasten away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, the rabbit scurried away..
Precipitate :: Precipitate (v. i.) To hasten without preparation.
Chastened :: Chastened (a.) Corrected; disciplined; refined; purified; toned down.
Fleet :: Fleet (v. t.) To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy..
Chastener :: Chastener (n.) One who chastens.
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