haste
noun
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity.
have hasted
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present perfectof haste.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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And if the Israelites were so enabled, then no further miracle is required; for them the sun would have "hasted not to go down about a whole day."
From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by E. Walter (Edward Walter) Maunder
The rivers having pierced the air with a rush of water, went forth like milk-cows; when your spotted deer roll about like horses that have hasted to the resting-place on their road.
From Sacred Books of the East by Various
And while the messenger seems to have hasted to meet his master and give an account of his mission, Rebekah descended from her lofty seat and covered herself with a veil.
From Notable Women of Olden Time by Anonymous
They meantime have hasted along where the pathway points, and now were climbing the hill which hangs enormous over the city, and looks down on its facing towers.
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
