hasted

Variant of haste

haste definition

haste (hāst)

noun

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

Etymology: ME < OFr < Frank *haist, violence, akin to OE hæst < IE base *eibh-, quick, violent > Sans ibham, quick

transitive verb, intransitive verb hasted hast′ed, hasting hast′·ing

Rare hasten
haste Idioms

in haste

  1. in a hurry
  2. in too great a hurry; without enough care

make haste

to hasten; hurry

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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