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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Precipitate :: Precipitate (v. i.) To hasten without preparation.
Hastener :: Hastener (n.) One who hastens.
Fleet :: Fleet (n. & a.) To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance.
Tiger-footed :: Tiger-footed (a.) Hastening to devour; furious.
Accelerate :: Accelerate (v. t.) To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure..
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..
Mature :: Mature (v. t.) To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans..
Chastening :: Chastening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chaste.
Speed :: Speed (v. t.) To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry..
Chasteness :: Chasteness (n.) Chastity; purity.
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..
Rap :: Rap (v.) To hasten.
Smite :: Smite (v. t.) To afflict; to chasten; to punish.
Haste :: Haste (n.) To hasten; to hurry.
Speed :: Speed (v. t.) To hasten to a conclusion; 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..
Advance :: Advance (v. t.) To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten..
Rude :: Rude (superl.) Not finished or complete; inelegant; lacking chasteness or elegance; not in good taste; unsatisfactory in mode of treatment; -- said of literature, language, style, and the like..
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..
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..
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