hasten
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
Origin of hasten
Synonyms for hasten
Related Words for hastening
urge, accelerate, precipitate, expedite, quicken, clip, gallop, skip, bound, dispatch, dash, sprint, trot, scamper, goad, leap, bustle, hustle, plunge, runExamples from the Web for hastening
Contemporary Examples of hastening
Hastening her decline has been a downturn in Brazil's economic fortunes.
Can Dilma Rousseff Recover?August 24, 2013
I was hastening to the British national archives to immerse myself in old documents.
‘Soldaten: Secret WWII Transcripts of German POWs’ by Soenke Neitzel & Harald WelzerSönke Neitzel, Harald Welzer
September 24, 2012
Israel in PerilDavid Shulman, The New York Review of Books How the Jewish state is hastening its own demise.
And what would Brooks have Obama do if the road to “hastening” were paved with weeks of bloodshed?
After Bear's demise last March, newly retired CEO Jimmy Cayne blamed Goldman Sachs, among others, for hastening its death.
Historical Examples of hastening
The letter, hastening to its destination, had contained the stolen money.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
She has been almost everywhere, and is now hastening to make it everywhere.
Quaint CourtshipsVarious
"Of course, of course," he said, hastening from the carriage.
The Greater InclinationEdith Wharton
People were hastening along the passage and knocking at the doors.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
That is my brother, who is hastening to Ging Dschou in his rage.
The Chinese Fairy BookVarious