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the act of hurrying; quickness of motion; rapidity
the act of hurrying carelessly or recklessly: haste makes waste
necessity for hurrying; urgency: the air of haste which marks the undertaking

transitive verb, intransitive verb hasted, hasting

Rare hasten

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