transitive. To cause to hasten; to hasten, urge on, bring quickly; to drive away. Obsolete.

transitive. To hasten (a journey).

transitive. To cause to hasten; to hurry on.

transitive. To hasten the occurrence of (an event); to bring (an occurrence) nearer in time, by quickening intervening processes or by shortening…

transitive. To cause to move more quickly; to urge, drive, press on; to quicken, accelerate, hurry. Cf. haste, v. 2.

transitive. To cause (an event or series of events) to proceed rapidly or pass quickly; to hasten, hurry along.

transitive. To make swift or swifter, hasten.

To urge or excite to greater speed; to hasten the action, motion, or progress of; often, to hasten unduly.