Hasten Definition

hāsən
hastened, hastening, hastens
verb
hastened, hastening, hastens
To move or act swiftly; hurry.
Webster's New World
To cause to move or act swiftly.
The guard hastened him out of the room.
American Heritage
To cause to be or come faster; speed up; accelerate.
Webster's New World
To cause to happen sooner than otherwise would be the case.
Negotiations that hastened the end of the war.
American Heritage
To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
Wiktionary
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Origin of Hasten

  • From haste +‎ -en.

    From Wiktionary

Hasten Sentence Examples

  • I have just returned from my benefactor, and hasten to write down what I have experienced.

  • One after another they hasten to display their insignificance before him.

  • The art of printing had been invented in good time to help and hasten the new movement of men's minds.

  • This will hasten the onset of Railtrack's financial problems ' .

  • When he had left for the front, the emperor proceeded with Grouchy to reconnoitre the Prussian position at Gilly; and handing over the command of the right wing to the marshal, whom he ordered to capture Gilly, Napoleon returned to Charleroi, to hasten the passage of the French army across the Sambre and mass it in the gap between the allies.

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Words Starting With

HHAHAS

Words Ending With

NENTEN

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Words Starting With H and Ending With N

Starts With H & Ends With NStarts With HA & Ends With NStarts With H & Ends With EN

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With H6 Letter Words Ending With N