hasten

English

Etymology

Originally intransitive, from haste +‎ -en (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈheɪ.sən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪsən

Verb

hasten (third-person singular simple present 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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :

     Hamlet:
     Bid the players make haste.
     Will you two help to hasten them?

3. (transitive) To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.
   • 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 96:

     The decision to hasten completion of the electrification of London Midland Region main lines from Euston to the north and the subsequent diversion of some traffic to the Western Region in order to allow the engineers fuller track occupation, have focused attention on the two main routes between London, Birmingham and Wolverhampton.

   • 2008, Bradley Simpson, Economists with Guns, page 7:

     […] and prescribed policies and packages of military, economic and technical assistance to hasten their inevitable march toward development and modernity.

Synonyms

• (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

Derived terms

• hastener

Related terms

• haste

Translations

References

• “hasten”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Athens, Nathes, Sneath, snathe, sneath, thanes

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /has̺ten/
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /as̺ten/
• Rhymes: -as̺ten
• Hyphenation: has‧ten

Verb

hasten

1. Imperfect participle of hasi (“to start”).

Danish

Noun

hasten c

1. definite singular of hast

Finnish

Alternative forms

• hapsien

Noun

hasten

1. genitive plural of hapsi

German

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: has‧ten
• Homophone: hassten

Verb

hasten (weak, third-person singular present hastet, past tense hastete, past participle gehastet, auxiliary sein)

1. to hurry, to rush

   Synonyms: eilen, rennen, stürmen

   Antonyms: trödeln, trotten

   Ich hastete zur Tür. ― I rushed to the door.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• hastend
• hastig
• herbeihasten
• forthasten

See also

• beschleunigen
• herbeieilen
• vorauseilen
• forteilen
• laufen

Further reading

• “hasten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “hasten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “hasten” in Duden online
• “hasten” in OpenThesaurus.de

Swedish

Noun

hasten

1. definite singular of hast