has|ten

has|ten
has|ten «HAY suhn», transitive verb.
1. to cause to be quick; speed; hurry: »

to hasten everyone off to bed.

SYNONYM(S): press, urge.
2. to cause to go faster; accelerate: »

to hasten a process. Sunshine and rest hastened his recovery from illness.

SYNONYM(S): quicken, expedite.
–v.i.
to be quick; go fast: »

She hastened to explain that she had not meant to be rude. I saw the…Good steadily hastening towards immortality (Walt Whitman).

has´ten|er, noun.

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