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ˈover-ˈhaste, n.
[over- 29 b.]
Too great haste, excessive haste.
c1374Chaucer Troylus i. 972 But if drerines Or over⁓hast our bothe labour shend. 1626Bacon Sylva §525 We would not have [readers]..account it strange or thinke that it is an over-haste. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. xii. 89, I escaped with a wounded hand, caused by over-haste.
So ˌover-ˈhaste v.; ˌover-ˈhasten v.
1390Gower Conf. I. 335 Yit sit it wel that thou eschuie That thou the Court noght overhaste. 1608Topsell Serpents To Rdr., If I had not been overhastened in the businesse. 1896Daily News 10 Jan. 5/7 Not to overhasten matters. |