hie
verb (used without object)
to hasten; speed; go in haste.
hies
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present tense formof hie (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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A wise man, with fine theories to air, hies him to the most important conference or institute that will admit him.
From Time Magazine Archive
When a U. S. President enters the White House, Father Time knows where to find him for the next four years and generally hies himself to Paris, there to split seconds as the Premiers fall.
From Time Magazine Archive
Merrill blithely quits his insurance job, hies to the highlands and begins a life of happy isolation.
From Time Magazine Archive
“You are now thirteen,” the man said, “and I have in my hies an agreement for this arrangement signed by Kapugen and Naka.”
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
Look there! look there! friend Hagan! how hither there she hies, Who to this land has drawn us with friendly seeming lies!
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
