hie
verb (used without object)
to hasten; speed; go in haste.
have hied
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present perfectof hie.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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"Had Spain been for the King, this envoy would have hied him to Blois," said De Launay, the old provost of the merchants.
From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
I to this lonely wood have hied With faithful Lakshmaṇ by my side, And Sítá by no tears deterred, Resolved to keep my father's word.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
They thought the giant verily would That moment after them stride: Not one of them all would have battled with him; Back would they all have hied.
From Romantic Ballads, Translated from the Danish; and Miscellaneous Pieces by George Henry Borrow
And methinketh, mother, we have hied us well.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by William Carew Hazlitt
