hastener
- a word derived from hasten.
Example Sentences
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He was to do his part; but it was as a hastener rather than a participant in the struggle.
From John Brown: A Retrospect Read before The Worcester Society of Antiquity, Dec. 2, 1884. by Roe, Alfred S. (Alfred Seelye)
As man recedes from one hastener of destruction, he inevitably approaches another: "Gross riot treasures up a wealthy fund Of plagues, but more immedicable ills Attend the lean extreme."
From The Bushman — Life in a New Country by Landor, Edward Wilson
Toiler for Temperance, hastener on of Light, In many a fray where right's at odds with might, Might's foes will miss their friend.
From Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 23, 1892 by Various
Self-preservation is impossible; self-assertion is a challenge to the assertiveness of other selves, as well as a hastener of dissolution.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig by Various
