hasten definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: act or ... We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!" [syn: rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate] 2: move fast; "He rushed down ... guests"; "The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket ... progress of; facilitate; "This should expedite the process" [syn: expedite, hasten] 4: cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" [syn: induce, stimulate, rush, hasten] Merriam Webster's verb (hastened; hastening) Date: 1568 intransitive verb ... hastened her to the door — A. J. Cronin > 2. accelerate < hasten the coming of a new order — D. W. Brogan > • ...
... hasting) Date: 14th century transitive verb archaic to urge on ; hasten intransitive verb to move or act swiftly Oxford Reference Dictionary ... of movement or action. 2 excessive hurry. --v.intr. archaic = HASTEN. Phrases and idioms: in haste quickly, hurriedly. make haste hurry ... imp. & p. p. Hasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hasting.] [OE. hasten; akin to G. hasten, D. haasten, Dan. haste, Sw. hasta, OF. haster, F. h[^a]ter. See Haste, n.] To hasten; to hurry. [Archaic] I 'll haste the writer. --Shak. They ... men are liars. --Ps. cxvi. 11. To make haste, to hasten. Syn: Speed; quickness; nimbleness; swiftness; expedition; dispatch; hurry; precipitance; ...
... He sped him thence home to his habitation. 2. To hasten; to hurry; to put in quick motion. -But sped his steps along the hoarse resounding shore. 3. TO hasten to a conclusion; to execute; to dispatch; as, to speed judicial acts. 4. To assist; to help forward; to hasten. -With rising gales that sped their happy flight. 5. To ... guests"; "The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket ... the success of 2. a. to cause to move quickly ; hasten b. to wish Godspeed to c. to increase the speed ... dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry. He sped him thence home to his ...
... ERATE, v.t. [L. accelero, of ad and celero, to hasten, from celer, quick. 1. To cause to move faster; to hasten; to quicken motion; to add to the velocity of a ... steps >; also to cause to undergo acceleration 3. a. to hasten the progress or development of < accelerate our efforts > b. increase ... Accelerating.] [L. acceleratus, p. p. of accelerare; ad + celerare to hasten; celer quick. See Celerity.] 1. To cause to move faster ... of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc. 3. To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our ... force, the force which causes accelerated motion. --Nichol. Syn: To hasten; expedite; quicken; dispatch; forward; advance; further. Collin's Cobuild ...
... 1828 Dictionary HUR'RY, v.t. [L. curro.] 1. To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to drive or press forward ... We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!" [syn: rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate] 3: urge to an unnatural speed ... whir to hurry; all prob. of imitative origin.] 1. To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on. Impetuous lust ... Shak. 3. To cause to be done quickly. Syn: To hasten; precipitate; expedite; quicken; accelerate; urge. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hurry ... of English Synonyms I. v. a. 1. Drive, precipitate. 2. Hasten, expedite, speed, despatch, urge or push forward, urge or press ... be in a flutter, be in a flurry. 2. Haste, hasten, move quickly, be in haste, be quick, be in ...
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary HIE, v.i. 1. To hasten; to move or run with haste; to go in haste ... guests"; "The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket ... Etymology: Middle English, from Old English h?gian to strive, hasten Date: 12th century intransitive verb to go quickly ; hasten transitive verb to cause (oneself) to go quickly Oxford Reference ... vb. n. Hying.] [OE. hien, hihen, highen, AS. higian to hasten, strive; cf. L. ciere to put in motion, call upon, rouse, Gr. ? to go, E. cite.] To hasten; to go in haste; -- also often with the reciprocal ...
... hinder to send against, to move in opposition.] 1. To hasten; to quicken; to accelerate motion or progress. The general sent ... send from. Such charters are expedited of course. 3. To hasten by rendering easy. EX'PEDITE, a. [L. expeditus.] Quick; speedy ... progress of; facilitate; "This should expedite the process" [syn: expedite, hasten] 2: process fast and efficiently; "I will try to expedite ... Oxford Reference Dictionary v.tr. 1 assist the progress of; hasten (an action, process, etc.). 2 accomplish (business) quickly. Derivatives: expediter ... to facilitate; to accelerate the process or progress of; to hasten; to quicken; as, to expedite the growth of plants. To ... V n Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms v. a. Hasten, accelerate, despatch, speed, hurry, quicken, precipitate, forward, advance, press ...
... were dead in trespasses and sins. Ephesians 2. 3. To hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken motion, speed or flight. 4 ... cause to burn more intensely 3. to make more rapid ; hasten, accelerate < quickened her steps > 4. a. to make (a curve ... energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts ... To revive; resuscitate; animate; reinvigorate; vivify; refresh; stimulate; sharpen; incite; hasten; accelerate; expedite; dispatch; speed. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Quicken Quick ... animate, give life to. 2. Revive, cheer, reinvigorate, refresh. 3. Hasten, accelerate, speed, hurry, expedite, despatch. 4. Stimulate, sharpen, excite, incite ... to, goad, grease, grease the ways, grease the wheels, haste, hasten, hasten on, hearten, help along, hie on, hurry, hurry ...
... eagerness or violence; as, to precipitate a flight. 3. To hasten. Short intermittent and swift recurrent pains do precipitate patients into ... vessel, as sediment, or any substance in solution. 2. To hasten without preparation. PRECIP'ITATE, a. Falling, flowing or rushing with ... rage >. Oxford Reference Dictionary v., adj., & n. --v.tr. 1 hasten the occurrence of; cause to occur prematurely. 2 (foll. by ... headlong. [R.] So many fathom down precipitating. --Shak. 2. To hasten without preparation. [R.] 3. (Chem.) To separate from a solution ... 1. Throw or hurl headlong, cast down, fling downward. 2. Hasten, hurry, accelerate, speed, expedite, urge forward, quicken, despatch, forward, advance ... trigger, half-baked, half-cocked, haphazard, harum-scarum, harvest, haste, hasten, hasten on, hasty, head, headlong, headstrong, hew down, hie ...
Hasted definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary HASTED HASTEN, v.t. To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate movement. I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. Psalms 55. HASTE HASTEN, v.i. To move with celerity; to be rapid in ... imp. & p. p. Hasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hasting.] [OE. hasten; akin to G. hasten, D. haasten, Dan. haste, Sw. hasta, OF. haster, F. h[^a]ter. See Haste, n.] To hasten; to hurry. [Archaic] I 'll haste the writer. --Shak. ...
... Dictionary SCAMP'ER, v.i. To run with speed; to hasten escape. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: rushing about ... to run or move in a quick, hurried manner; to hasten away. --Macaulay. The lady, however, . . . could not help scampering about ... of English Synonyms v. n. Scud, run, trip, hie, haste, hasten, speed. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue To run away ... full gallop, gallop, get going, get moving, hand gallop, haste, hasten, hasten off, headlong rush, heavy right foot, helter-skelter, hie, high ...
... guests"; "The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket ... We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!" [syn: rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate] 5: run with the ball, in ... a high fever and allergic reactions" [syn: induce, stimulate, rush, hasten] Merriam Webster's I. biographical name Benjamin 1745-1813 American ... ground speed, gush, hair, halfpenny, hand gallop, harum-scarum, haste, hasten, hasten on, hastiness, head-on attack, headlong rush, heavy demand, heavy ...
... forward a good design. 2. To accelerate; to quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant; to forward ... onward; to advance; to promote; to accelerate; to quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant; to forward ... support, aid, favor, encourage, help on, help forward. 2. Quicken, hasten, accelerate, expedite; speed, despatch, hurry. 3. Transmit, ship, send on ... cocked, hand, hand in, hand out, hand over, harebrained, haste, hasten, hasten on, hasty, head, headmost, headward, headwards, help, hie on, hubristic ...
... with no overcoat > 3. a. to go rapidly or hurriedly ; hasten < run and fetch the doctor > b. to go in urgency ... To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten. ``Ha, ha, the fox!'' and after him they ran. --Chaucer ... To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten. ``Ha, ha, the fox!'' and after him they ran. --Chaucer ... To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten. ``Ha, ha, the fox!'' and after him they ran. --Chaucer ... v. n. 1. Race, step quickly, move swiftly. 2. Haste, hasten, hie, hurry, scud, scamper, scour, speed, post, trip. 3. Flow ...
... spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit. ``Now spurs the ... impel, urge forward, drive, animate. III. v. n. Prick, gallop, hasten, press forward, press on. Moby Thesaurus accelerate, activation, actuation, aculeate ... gad, gadfly, gaff, goad, goad on, grind, hand, harrow, haste, hasten, hasten on, hastily, head, headland, herd, hie on, hilltop, hone, hook ...