Originally intransitive, from haste + -en.

• (British, America) IPA: /ˈheɪ.sən/

hasten (hastens, present participle hastening; simple past and past participle hastened)

1. (intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion.
2. (transitive) To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC ↗, Psalms 55:8 ↗:

     I would hasten my escape from the windy storm.

   • 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?

3. (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

• haste

• 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

Shortened form of Dutch van Hasten.

1. Surname.