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hasten, v.|ˈheɪs(ə)n|
[Extended form of haste v., after the numerous verbs in -en5.]
1. a. trans. To cause to make haste; to urge on; to accelerate, expedite, hurry: = haste v. 1.
1565–73Cooper Thesaurus s.v. Festino, Mortem in se festinauit, he hastned his owne death. 1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. May 152 Sorrowe ne neede be hastened on. 1600E. Blount tr. Conestaggio 28 Sebastian..hastened his departure, impatient of the least delaies. 1659B. Harris Parival's Iron Age 210 These preparations hastened the king to Nottingham. 1707Curios. in Husb. & Gard. 181 Nitre mixt with Water..is excellent to hasten the Vines. 1719De Foe Crusoe i. xx, We had three leagues to go, and our guide hastened us. 1816J. Smith Panorama Sc. & Art II. 141 A jet of water is admitted to hasten the condensation. 1854Tomlinson Arago's Astron. 121 The ultimate effect..was discovered in hastening, not in deferring, the time of the appearance of the comet!
†b. To dispatch or send in haste. Obs.
1611Bible 1 Kings xxii. 9 Hasten hither Micaiah the sonne of Imlah. 1652Sir E. Nicholas in N. Papers (Camden) 309, I pray be still pressing the K. of France to hasten his effectual letters. 1674Essex Papers (Camden) I. 178 Your Exc⊇ will now have hastened over to me 34 foot Companys. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) VIII. 40 If there be anything in Brand's letter that will divert me, hasten it to me.
2. intr. To make haste; to come, go, or act quickly; to be quick; to hurry: = haste v. 3. (Often with to and inf.) to hasten slowly: cf. haste n. 5 b.
1568Grafton Chron. II. 399 King Richard..hastened not a little to set all thinges..in order. c1600Shakes. Sonn. lx, So do our minutes hasten to their end. 1611Bible Gen. xviii. 6 Abraham hastened into the tent, vnto Sarah. 1659B. Harris Parival's Iron Age 142 Nor did he hasten to beat them out of his country. 1719De Foe Crusoe (L.), I hastened to the spot whence the noise came. 1874Green Short Hist. viii. §7. 534 Scotland..hastened to sign the Covenant. 1907Spectator 12 Jan. 43 ‘Hasten slowly’ is a very good motto in Imperial politics. 1958Oxford Mail 14 Aug. 1/3 The Government is still hastening slowly on re-expansion.
Hence ˈhastened ppl. a.; ˈhastening vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1631Milton Epit. Marchioness Winchester 46 Presaging tears, Which the sad morn had let fall On her hastening funeral. 1648Gage West Ind. 95 For the speedier hastening of our second breakfast. 1671Milton Samson 958 Thy hasten'd widowhood. 1770Goldsm. Des. Vill. 51 Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. |