hasten
see also: Hasten
Etymology
Hasten
Etymology
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see also: Hasten
Etymology
Originally intransitive, from haste + -en.
Pronunciation- (British, America) IPA: /ˈheɪ.sən/
hasten (hastens, present participle hastening; simple past and past participle hastened)
- (intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion.
- (transitive) To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act III, scene ii]:
- Hamlet:
Bid the players make haste.
Will you two help to hasten them?
- (transitive) To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.
- (move in a quick fashion) dart, race; see also Thesaurus:move quickly
- (speed up) accelerate, quicken, speed up; see also Thesaurus:speed up
- (cause a scheduled event to happen earlier) hurry, rush, zoom; see also Thesaurus:rush
- French: dépêcher, hâter
- German: hasten, beeilen, eilen
- Italian: affrettarsi, sbrigarsi
- Portuguese: correr
- Russian: спеши́ть
- Spanish: correr
- French: hâter, presser
- German: beschleunigen
- Italian: affrettare
- Portuguese: acelerar, apressar
- Russian: торопи́ть
- Spanish: acelerar
- German: vorverlegen, vorziehen
- Italian: anticipare
- Portuguese: adiantar
- Spanish: precipitar, anticipar, adelantar
Hasten
Etymology
Shortened form of Dutch van Hasten.
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