hasten
- to cause to hasten; accelerate: to hasten someone from a room; to hasten the arrival of a happier time.
Origin of hasten
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urge, accelerate, precipitate, expedite, quicken, clip, gallop, skip, bound, dispatch, dash, sprint, trot, scamper, goad, leap, bustle, hustle, plunge, runExamples from the Web for hastened
Contemporary Examples of hastened
There was just a disabled senior citizen who had been hastened to her grave, and the press paid the matter scant attention.
In spite of myself a chill crept over me at the sight of the white puffy face, and I hastened to pass.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the ShowRobert W. Chambers
February 20, 2014
When I asked whether the debate would bring any financial perks, Ham hastened to talk me down.
Perhaps—though getting past Edward Snowden would have hastened this, too.
It's bad business, he hastened to add, but if that's what they want to do, the state should not be able to compel them otherwise.
Historical Examples of hastened
We hastened on, and to our delight found one of the best springs in the colony.
Explorations in AustraliaJohn Forrest
He then hastened back to his gin, whom he had left five miles off.
The moment her husband was gone, his mother rose and hastened to her son!
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
She hastened to point out the other side of the matter, the insecurity of it, the disgrace.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
He ordered them about like children, and they hastened to do his will.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
hasten
- (may take an infinitive) to hurry or cause to hurry; rush
- (tr) to be anxious (to say something)I hasten to add that we are just good friends