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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Chasten :: Chasten (v. t.) To purify from errors or faults; to refine.
Acetifier :: Acetifier (n.) An apparatus for hastening acetification.
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..
Run :: Run (a.) To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten.
Chastening :: Chastening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chaste.
Properation :: Properation (n.) The act of hastening; haste.
Hurry :: Hurry (v. t.) To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
Chastity :: Chastity (n.) Chasteness.
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-..
Precipitate :: Precipitate (v. i.) To hasten without preparation.
Ergot :: Ergot (n.) The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening childbirth, and to arrest bleeding..
Hie :: Hie (v. i.) To hasten; to go in haste; -- also often with the reciprocal pronoun.
Expediate :: Expediate (v. t.) To hasten; to expedite.
Quicken :: Quicken (a.) To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts; to quicken one's departure or speed..
Hastening :: Hastening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Haste.
Properate :: Properate (v. t. & i.) To hasten, or press forward..
Castigate :: Castigate (v. t.) To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely..
Enchasten :: Enchasten (v. t.) To chasten.
Advance :: Advance (v. t.) To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten..
Hastened :: Hastened (imp. & p. p.) of Haste.
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